#BC5B40#BC5B40

#BC5B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.132 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B40
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 36.95, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 49.94, 42.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.106 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.132 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4078, 18.5467, 7.0914)
Luminance	0.1854 (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

#BC5B40 #40A1BC

analogous

#BC4063 #BC5B40 #BC9940

triadic

#BC5B40 #40BC5B #5B40BC

tetradic

#BC5B40 #63BC40 #40A1BC #9940BC

square

#BC5B40 #63BC40 #40A1BC #9940BC

split-complementary

#BC5B40 #40BC99 #4063BC

monochromatic

#612F21 #8E4530 #BC5B40 #CD816C #DDA89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B40

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B40	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.132 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b75',
    500: '#bc5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b40;
$custom-light: #d68b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.065,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58423,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B40

secondary

#8FBCC9

accent

#BBD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B40

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

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