#BC5E47#BC5E47

#BC5E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.127 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E47
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 71)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 35.86, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 47.08, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1039 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.127 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8812, 19.1547, 8.2943)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E47 #47A5BC

analogous

#BC476A #BC5E47 #BC9847

triadic

#BC5E47 #47BC5E #5E47BC

tetradic

#BC5E47 #6ABC47 #47A5BC #9847BC

square

#BC5E47 #6ABC47 #47A5BC #9847BC

split-complementary

#BC5E47 #47BC98 #476ABC

monochromatic

#643124 #914735 #BC5E47 #CC8574 #DDADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BC5E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BC5E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E47

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E47	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.127 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7a',
    500: '#bc5e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e47;
$custom-light: #d58d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.795,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E47

secondary

#95BFC9

accent

#BCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E47

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

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