#BC4D31#BC4D31

#BC4D31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.150 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D31
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 43.11, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 57.83, 41.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1222 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.15 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9498, 16.2241, 4.7756)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D31 #31A0BC

analogous

#BC315B #BC4D31 #BC9331

triadic

#BC4D31 #31BC4D #4D31BC

tetradic

#BC4D31 #5BBC31 #31A0BC #9331BC

square

#BC4D31 #5BBC31 #31A0BC #9331BC

split-complementary

#BC4D31 #31BC93 #315BBC

monochromatic

#5B2518 #8B3924 #BC4D31 #D37057 #E09988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D31

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D31	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.150 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836a',
    500: '#bc4d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d31;
$custom-light: #d7836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56174,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D31

secondary

#7FBBCA

accent

#C2E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D31

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

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