#BC4E31#BC4E31

#BC4E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.149 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E31
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 42.63, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 57.61, 42.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1208 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.149 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0203, 16.3651, 4.7991)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E31 #319FBC

analogous

#BC315A #BC4E31 #BC9431

triadic

#BC4E31 #31BC4E #4E31BC

tetradic

#BC4E31 #5ABC31 #319FBC #9431BC

square

#BC4E31 #5ABC31 #319FBC #9431BC

split-complementary

#BC4E31 #31BC94 #315ABC

monochromatic

#5B2618 #8B3A24 #BC4E31 #D37157 #E09A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E31

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E31	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.149 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836a',
    500: '#bc4e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e31;
$custom-light: #d7836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.518,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56312,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E31

secondary

#7FBACA

accent

#C1E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E31

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

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