HEX Color #BD570F (Chocolate)

About #BD570F

When working with digital screens, the color #BD570F is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Chocolate. Its digital footprint relies on 189 parts red, 87 parts green, and 15 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 54% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD570F

RGB189, 87, 15

HSL24.8°, 85.3%, 40.0%

CMYK0%, 54%, 92%, 26%

HSV24.8°, 92.1%, 74.1%

LAB49.1, 37.6, 54.8

XYZ24.5, 17.7, 2.6

Decimal12408591

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD570F #0F75BD

Analogous

#BD0F1D #BDAE0F

Triadic

#0FBD56 #570FBD

Tetradic

#1DBD0F #0F75BD #AE0FBD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD570F

#C46929

#CB7C44

#D38F5F

#DAA179

#E1B494

#E9C7AF

#F0D9C9

#F7ECE4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD570F

#A84D0D

#93430B

#7E3A0A

#693008

#542606

#3F1D05

#2A1303

#150901

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.63:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.53:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.43:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

3.85:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD570F; }

.text-color { color: #BD570F; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD570F; }

Similar Colors

Chocolate

#D2691E