#BC5D40#BC5D40

#BC5D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.130 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D40
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 35.92, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 49.51, 43.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1028 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.13 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5811, 18.8932, 7.1491)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D40 #409FBC

analogous

#BC4061 #BC5D40 #BC9B40

triadic

#BC5D40 #40BC5D #5D40BC

tetradic

#BC5D40 #61BC40 #409FBC #9B40BC

square

#BC5D40 #61BC40 #409FBC #9B40BC

split-complementary

#BC5D40 #40BC9B #4061BC

monochromatic

#613021 #8E4630 #BC5D40 #CD836C #DDA99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D40

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D40	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.130 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d75',
    500: '#bc5d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d40;
$custom-light: #d68d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58735,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D40

secondary

#8FBBC9

accent

#B9D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D40

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

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