#BC522F#BC522F

#BC522F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.146 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC522F
RGB	rgb(188, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 40.59, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 57.41, 45.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1141 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.146 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2719, 16.9344, 4.6793)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC522F #2F99BC

analogous

#BC2F52 #BC522F #BC982F

triadic

#BC522F #2FBC52 #522FBC

tetradic

#BC522F #52BC2F #2F99BC #982FBC

square

#BC522F #52BC2F #2F99BC #982FBC

split-complementary

#BC522F #2FBC98 #2F52BC

monochromatic

#5A2717 #8B3D23 #BC522F #D47454 #E09C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC522F

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC522F	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.146 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78669',
    500: '#bc522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc522f;
$custom-light: #d78669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.894,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC522F

secondary

#7DB7CA

accent

#BCE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC522F

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

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