#BC5B3C#BC5B3C

#BC5B3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.133 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B3C
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 60)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 36.71, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 51.24, 44.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1046 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.133 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2980, 18.5028, 6.5133)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B3C #3C9DBC

analogous

#BC3C5D #BC5B3C #BC9B3C

triadic

#BC5B3C #3CBC5B #5B3CBC

tetradic

#BC5B3C #5DBC3C #3C9DBC #9B3CBC

square

#BC5B3C #5DBC3C #3C9DBC #9B3CBC

split-complementary

#BC5B3C #3CBC9B #3C5DBC

monochromatic

#5F2E1E #8E452D #BC5B3C #CE8067 #DDA795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B3C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B3C	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.133 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b73',
    500: '#bc5b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b3c;
$custom-light: #d68b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.531,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58366,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B3C

secondary

#8BBAC9

accent

#B9DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B3C

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

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