#BC5A3A#BC5A3A

#BC5A3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.135 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A3A
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 58)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 37.11, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 52.11, 44.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1054 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.135 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1613, 18.3123, 6.2118)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A3A #3A9CBC

analogous

#BC3A5B #BC5A3A #BC9B3A

triadic

#BC5A3A #3ABC5A #5A3ABC

tetradic

#BC5A3A #5BBC3A #3A9CBC #9B3ABC

square

#BC5A3A #5BBC3A #3A9CBC #9B3ABC

split-complementary

#BC5A3A #3ABC9B #3A5BBC

monochromatic

#5E2D1D #8D442C #BC5A3A #CF7E64 #DEA593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC5A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A3A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A3A	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.135 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b71',
    500: '#bc5a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a3a;
$custom-light: #d68b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A3A

secondary

#89B9C9

accent

#B9DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A3A

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

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