#BC6549#BC6549

#BC6549 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.119 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6549
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 32.31, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 44.94, 44.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.0933 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.119 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5974, 20.4826, 8.8549)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6549 #49A0BC

analogous

#BC4966 #BC6549 #BC9E49

triadic

#BC6549 #49BC65 #6549BC

tetradic

#BC6549 #66BC49 #49A0BC #9E49BC

square

#BC6549 #66BC49 #49A0BC #9E49BC

split-complementary

#BC6549 #49BC9E #4966BC

monochromatic

#653525 #924C36 #BC6549 #CC8B76 #DDB1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC6549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6549

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6549	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.119 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5927c',
    500: '#bc6549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6549;
$custom-light: #d5927c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60163,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6549

secondary

#97BDCA

accent

#B6D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6549

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

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