#BC5E41#BC5E41

#BC5E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.129 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E41
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 35.46, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 48.98, 43.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1016 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.129 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6981, 19.0814, 7.3298)
Luminance	0.1908 (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

#BC5E41 #419FBC

analogous

#BC4162 #BC5E41 #BC9C41

triadic

#BC5E41 #41BC5E #5E41BC

tetradic

#BC5E41 #62BC41 #419FBC #9C41BC

square

#BC5E41 #62BC41 #419FBC #9C41BC

split-complementary

#BC5E41 #41BC9C #4162BC

monochromatic

#613122 #8F4731 #BC5E41 #CD846E #DCAA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BC5E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BC5E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E41

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E41	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.129 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d76',
    500: '#bc5e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e41;
$custom-light: #d68d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.146,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58907,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E41

secondary

#90BBC9

accent

#B8D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E41

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

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