#BC5A3C#BC5A3C

#BC5A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.134 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A3C
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 60)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 37.23, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 51.45, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1062 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.134 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2131, 18.3330, 6.4850)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A3C #3C9EBC

analogous

#BC3C5E #BC5A3C #BC9A3C

triadic

#BC5A3C #3CBC5A #5A3CBC

tetradic

#BC5A3C #5EBC3C #3C9EBC #9A3CBC

square

#BC5A3C #5EBC3C #3C9EBC #9A3CBC

split-complementary

#BC5A3C #3CBC9A #3C5EBC

monochromatic

#5F2E1E #8E442D #BC5A3C #CE7F67 #DDA695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC5A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC5A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A3C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A3C	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.134 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b73',
    500: '#bc5a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a3c;
$custom-light: #d68b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.063,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58212,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A3C

secondary

#8BBAC9

accent

#BADB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A3C

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

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