#BC4931#BC4931

#BC4931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.154 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4931
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 49)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 44.98, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 58.74, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1281 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.154 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6784, 15.6815, 4.6851)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4931 #31A4BC

analogous

#BC315F #BC4931 #BC8F31

triadic

#BC4931 #31BC49 #4931BC

tetradic

#BC4931 #5FBC31 #31A4BC #8F31BC

square

#BC4931 #5FBC31 #31A4BC #8F31BC

split-complementary

#BC4931 #31BC8F #315FBC

monochromatic

#5B2318 #8B3624 #BC4931 #D36C57 #E09788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BC4931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BC4931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4931

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4931	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.154 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8806a',
    500: '#bc4931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4931;
$custom-light: #d8806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.36,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55635,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4931

secondary

#7FBDCA

accent

#C7E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4931

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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