#BC5A41#BC5A41

#BC5A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.132 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A41
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 65)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 37.53, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 49.84, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.108 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.132 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3516, 18.3884, 7.2143)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A41 #41A3BC

analogous

#BC4166 #BC5A41 #BC9841

triadic

#BC5A41 #41BC5A #5A41BC

tetradic

#BC5A41 #66BC41 #41A3BC #9841BC

square

#BC5A41 #66BC41 #41A3BC #9841BC

split-complementary

#BC5A41 #41BC98 #4166BC

monochromatic

#612E22 #8F4431 #BC5A41 #CD816E #DCA89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC5A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A41

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A41	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.132 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b76',
    500: '#bc5a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a41;
$custom-light: #d68b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.195,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58284,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A41

secondary

#90BDC9

accent

#BCD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A41

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

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