#BC5A3B#BC5A3B

#BC5A3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.134 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A3B
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 59)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 37.17, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 51.78, 44.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1058 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.134 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1869, 18.3225, 6.3471)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A3B #3B9DBC

analogous

#BC3B5C #BC5A3B #BC9A3B

triadic

#BC5A3B #3BBC5A #5A3BBC

tetradic

#BC5A3B #5CBC3B #3B9DBC #9A3BBC

square

#BC5A3B #5CBC3B #3B9DBC #9A3BBC

split-complementary

#BC5A3B #3BBC9A #3B5CBC

monochromatic

#5F2D1E #8D442C #BC5A3B #CF7F65 #DDA694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC5A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC5A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A3B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A3B	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)

#746938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.134 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b72',
    500: '#bc5a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a3b;
$custom-light: #d68b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.419,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58198,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A3B

secondary

#8ABAC9

accent

#B9DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A3B

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

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