#BC4A3E#BC4A3E

#BC4A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.150 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A3E
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 45.19, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 54.70, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1312 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.15 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0597, 15.9399, 6.3663)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A3E #3EB0BC

analogous

#BC3E71 #BC4A3E #BC893E

triadic

#BC4A3E #3EBC4A #4A3EBC

tetradic

#BC4A3E #71BC3E #3EB0BC #893EBC

square

#BC4A3E #71BC3E #3EB0BC #893EBC

split-complementary

#BC4A3E #3EBC89 #3E71BC

monochromatic

#602620 #8E382F #BC4A3E #CE736A #DD9E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BC4A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BC4A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A3E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A3E	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85783B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.150 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78173',
    500: '#bc4a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a3e;
$custom-light: #d78173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55946,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A3E

secondary

#8DC3C9

accent

#CDDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A3E

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

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