#BC502F#BC502F

#BC502F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.147 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC502F
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 41.57, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 57.82, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1171 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.147 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1233, 16.6371, 4.6298)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC502F #2F9BBC

analogous

#BC2F54 #BC502F #BC962F

triadic

#BC502F #2FBC50 #502FBC

tetradic

#BC502F #54BC2F #2F9BBC #962FBC

square

#BC502F #54BC2F #2F9BBC #962FBC

split-complementary

#BC502F #2FBC96 #2F54BC

monochromatic

#5A2617 #8B3B23 #BC502F #D47254 #E09A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC502F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC502F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC502F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC502F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC502F	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc502f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.147 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78469',
    500: '#bc502f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc502f;
$custom-light: #d78469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc502f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5657,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC502F

secondary

#7DB8CA

accent

#BEE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC502F

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

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