#BC5A40#BC5A40

#BC5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.133 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A40
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 37.46, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 50.16, 41.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1076 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.133 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3229, 18.3769, 7.0631)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A40 #40A2BC

analogous

#BC4064 #BC5A40 #BC9840

triadic

#BC5A40 #40BC5A #5A40BC

tetradic

#BC5A40 #64BC40 #40A2BC #9840BC

square

#BC5A40 #64BC40 #40A2BC #9840BC

split-complementary

#BC5A40 #40BC98 #4064BC

monochromatic

#612E21 #8E4430 #BC5A40 #CD806C #DDA89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A40

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A40	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.133 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b75',
    500: '#bc5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a40;
$custom-light: #d68b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58269,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A40

secondary

#8FBDC9

accent

#BCD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A40

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

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