#BC5E40#BC5E40

#BC5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.129 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E40
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 35.40, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 49.30, 44.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1012 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.129 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6694, 19.0699, 7.1786)
Luminance	0.1907 (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

#BC5E40 #409EBC

analogous

#BC4060 #BC5E40 #BC9C40

triadic

#BC5E40 #40BC5E #5E40BC

tetradic

#BC5E40 #60BC40 #409EBC #9C40BC

square

#BC5E40 #60BC40 #409EBC #9C40BC

split-complementary

#BC5E40 #40BC9C #4060BC

monochromatic

#613021 #8E4730 #BC5E40 #CD846C #DDAA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BC5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BC5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E40

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E40	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.129 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d76',
    500: '#bc5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e40;
$custom-light: #d68d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58892,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E40

secondary

#8FBBC9

accent

#B7D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E40

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

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