#BC543D#BC543D

#BC543D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.140 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC543D
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 61)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 40.32, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 52.47, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1159 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.14 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7540, 17.3721, 6.4636)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC543D #3DA5BC

analogous

#BC3D66 #BC543D #BC943D

triadic

#BC543D #3DBC54 #543DBC

tetradic

#BC543D #66BC3D #3DA5BC #943DBC

square

#BC543D #66BC3D #3DA5BC #943DBC

split-complementary

#BC543D #3DBC94 #3D66BC

monochromatic

#602B1F #8E3F2E #BC543D #CE7B68 #DDA396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC543D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC543D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC543D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC543D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC543D	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc543d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.140 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68773',
    500: '#bc543d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc543d;
$custom-light: #d68773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc543d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.866,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57325,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC543D

secondary

#8CBEC9

accent

#C1DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC543D

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

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