#BC4A2F#BC4A2F

#BC4A2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.153 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A2F
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 47)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 44.43, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 59.13, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.126 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.153 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7034, 15.7974, 4.4898)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A2F #2FA1BC

analogous

#BC2F5B #BC4A2F #BC902F

triadic

#BC4A2F #2FBC4A #4A2FBC

tetradic

#BC4A2F #5BBC2F #2FA1BC #902FBC

square

#BC4A2F #5BBC2F #2FA1BC #902FBC

split-complementary

#BC4A2F #2FBC90 #2F5BBC

monochromatic

#5A2317 #8B3723 #BC4A2F #D46D54 #E09685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BC4A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BC4A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A2F

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A2F	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.153 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88169',
    500: '#bc4a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a2f;
$custom-light: #d88169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55744,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A2F

secondary

#7DBBCA

accent

#C5E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A2F

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

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