#BC5837#BC5837

#BC5837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.138 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5837
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 37.97, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 53.52, 44.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1075 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.138 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9207, 17.9498, 5.7660)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5837 #379BBC

analogous

#BC3759 #BC5837 #BC9A37

triadic

#BC5837 #37BC58 #5837BC

tetradic

#BC5837 #59BC37 #379BBC #9A37BC

square

#BC5837 #59BC37 #379BBC #9A37BC

split-complementary

#BC5837 #37BC9A #3759BC

monochromatic

#5D2C1B #8D4229 #BC5837 #D07C60 #DEA38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC5837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5837

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5837	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.138 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7896f',
    500: '#bc5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5837;
$custom-light: #d7896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.887,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5784,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5837

secondary

#86B8C9

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5837

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

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