#BC4E32#BC4E32

#BC4E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.149 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E32
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 42.67, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 57.29, 41.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1211 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.149 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0416, 16.3737, 4.9114)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E32 #32A0BC

analogous

#BC325B #BC4E32 #BC9332

triadic

#BC4E32 #32BC4E #4E32BC

tetradic

#BC4E32 #5BBC32 #32A0BC #9332BC

square

#BC4E32 #5BBC32 #32A0BC #9332BC

split-complementary

#BC4E32 #32BC93 #325BBC

monochromatic

#5B2618 #8C3A25 #BC4E32 #D37158 #E09A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E32

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E32	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.149 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836b',
    500: '#bc4e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e32;
$custom-light: #d7836b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56324,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E32

secondary

#80BBC9

accent

#C2E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E32

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

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