#BC5436#BC5436

#BC5436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.142 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5436
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 54)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 39.93, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 54.68, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1134 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.142 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5776, 17.3015, 5.5346)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5436 #369EBC

analogous

#BC365B #BC5436 #BC9736

triadic

#BC5436 #36BC54 #5436BC

tetradic

#BC5436 #5BBC36 #369EBC #9736BC

square

#BC5436 #5BBC36 #369EBC #9736BC

split-complementary

#BC5436 #36BC97 #365BBC

monochromatic

#5D2A1B #8C3F28 #BC5436 #D1785E #DFA08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5436

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5436	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.142 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7876e',
    500: '#bc5436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5436;
$custom-light: #d7876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.433,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57231,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5436

secondary

#85BAC9

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5436

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

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