#BC5534#BC5534

#BC5534 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.141 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5534
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 52)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 39.33, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 55.13, 44.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1112 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.141 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6098, 17.4394, 5.3184)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5534 #349BBC

analogous

#BC3457 #BC5534 #BC9934

triadic

#BC5534 #34BC55 #5534BC

tetradic

#BC5534 #57BC34 #349BBC #9934BC

square

#BC5534 #57BC34 #349BBC #9934BC

split-complementary

#BC5534 #34BC99 #3457BC

monochromatic

#5C2A19 #8C3F27 #BC5534 #D2785B #DFA08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5534 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5534

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5534	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.141 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7886d',
    500: '#bc5534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5534;
$custom-light: #d7886d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.559,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57353,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5534

secondary

#83B8C9

accent

#BBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5534

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

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