#BC502E#BC502E

#BC502E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.148 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502E
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 41.53, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 58.15, 44.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1168 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.148 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1033, 16.6292, 4.5247)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502E #2E9ABC

analogous

#BC2E53 #BC502E #BC972E

triadic

#BC502E #2EBC50 #502EBC

tetradic

#BC502E #53BC2E #2E9ABC #972EBC

square

#BC502E #53BC2E #2E9ABC #972EBC

split-complementary

#BC502E #2EBC97 #2E53BC

monochromatic

#5A2616 #8B3B22 #BC502E #D57252 #E19A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC502E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC502E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502E	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.148 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88469',
    500: '#bc502e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502e;
$custom-light: #d88469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56559,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502E

secondary

#7CB7CA

accent

#BEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502E

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

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