#BC543B#BC543B

#BC543B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.140 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC543B
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 40.20, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 53.09, 40.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1152 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.14 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7011, 17.3509, 6.1851)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC543B #3BA3BC

analogous

#BC3B62 #BC543B #BC943B

triadic

#BC543B #3BBC54 #543BBC

tetradic

#BC543B #62BC3B #3BA3BC #943BBC

square

#BC543B #62BC3B #3BA3BC #943BBC

split-complementary

#BC543B #3BBC94 #3B62BC

monochromatic

#5F2A1E #8D3F2C #BC543B #CF7A65 #DDA294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC543B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC543B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC543B	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.140 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78772',
    500: '#bc543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc543b;
$custom-light: #d78772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.628,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57297,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC543B

secondary

#8ABDC9

accent

#C0DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC543B

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

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