#BC543E#BC543E

#BC543E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.139 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC543E
RGB	rgb(188, 84, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 40.37, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 52.16, 39.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1162 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.139 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7812, 17.3829, 6.6068)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC543E #3EA6BC

analogous

#BC3E67 #BC543E #BC933E

triadic

#BC543E #3EBC54 #543EBC

tetradic

#BC543E #67BC3E #3EA6BC #933EBC

square

#BC543E #67BC3E #3EA6BC #933EBC

split-complementary

#BC543E #3EBC93 #3E67BC

monochromatic

#602B20 #8E3F2F #BC543E #CE7B6A #DDA498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC543E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC543E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC543E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC543E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC543E	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc543e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 84, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.139 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68774',
    500: '#bc543e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc543e;
$custom-light: #d68774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc543e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.476,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5734,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC543E

secondary

#8DBEC9

accent

#C1DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC543E

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

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