#BC533B#BC533B

#BC533B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC533B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 40.70, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 53.32, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1167 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.141 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6241, 17.1968, 6.1594)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC533B #3BA4BC

analogous

#BC3B63 #BC533B #BC933B

triadic

#BC533B #3BBC53 #533BBC

tetradic

#BC533B #63BC3B #3BA4BC #933BBC

square

#BC533B #63BC3B #3BA4BC #933BBC

split-complementary

#BC533B #3BBC93 #3B63BC

monochromatic

#5F2A1E #8D3E2C #BC533B #CF7965 #DDA294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC533B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC533B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC533B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC533B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC533B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc533b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78672',
    500: '#bc533b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc533b;
$custom-light: #d78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc533b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57151,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC533B

secondary

#8ABDC9

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC533B

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

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