#BC4F32#BC4F32

#BC4F32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.148 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F32
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 50)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 42.19, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 57.07, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1196 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.148 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1132, 16.5168, 4.9353)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F32 #329FBC

analogous

#BC325A #BC4F32 #BC9432

triadic

#BC4F32 #32BC4F #4F32BC

tetradic

#BC4F32 #5ABC32 #329FBC #9432BC

square

#BC4F32 #5ABC32 #329FBC #9432BC

split-complementary

#BC4F32 #32BC94 #325ABC

monochromatic

#5B2618 #8C3B25 #BC4F32 #D37258 #E09B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F32

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F32	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.148 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846b',
    500: '#bc4f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f32;
$custom-light: #d7846b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.609,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F32

secondary

#80BAC9

accent

#C1E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F32

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

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