#BC4F2E#BC4F2E

#BC4F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.149 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F2E
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 42.01, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 58.36, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1183 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.149 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0306, 16.4838, 4.5005)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F2E #2E9BBC

analogous

#BC2E54 #BC4F2E #BC962E

triadic

#BC4F2E #2EBC4F #4F2EBC

tetradic

#BC4F2E #54BC2E #2E9BBC #962EBC

square

#BC4F2E #54BC2E #2E9BBC #962EBC

split-complementary

#BC4F2E #2EBC96 #2E54BC

monochromatic

#5A2616 #8B3A22 #BC4F2E #D57152 #E19984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F2E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F2E	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.149 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88468',
    500: '#bc4f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f2e;
$custom-light: #d88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.944,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56418,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F2E

secondary

#7CB8CA

accent

#BFE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F2E

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