#BC4F33#BC4F33

#BC4F33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F33
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 51)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 42.24, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 56.75, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1199 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.147 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1350, 16.5256, 5.0502)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F33 #33A0BC

analogous

#BC335C #BC4F33 #BC9433

triadic

#BC4F33 #33BC4F #4F33BC

tetradic

#BC4F33 #5CBC33 #33A0BC #9433BC

square

#BC4F33 #5CBC33 #33A0BC #9433BC

split-complementary

#BC4F33 #33BC94 #335CBC

monochromatic

#5C2719 #8C3B26 #BC4F33 #D2735A #DF9C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4F33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F33

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F33	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)

#6D6230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846c',
    500: '#bc4f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f33;
$custom-light: #d7846c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.263,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56476,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F33

secondary

#81BBC9

accent

#C1E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F33

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

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