#BC6E5B#BC6E5B

#BC6E5B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.104 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E5B
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 28.94, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 37.55, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0855 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.104 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2051, 22.6012, 12.7725)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E5B #5BA9BC

analogous

#BC5B78 #BC6E5B #BC9F5B

triadic

#BC6E5B #5BBC6E #6E5BBC

tetradic

#BC6E5B #78BC5B #5BA9BC #9F5BBC

square

#BC6E5B #78BC5B #5BA9BC #9F5BBC

split-complementary

#BC6E5B #5BBC9F #5B78BC

monochromatic

#6F3A2D #9B513F #BC6E5B #CE9486 #E0BBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BC6E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BC6E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E5B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E5B	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94895A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.104 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49889',
    500: '#bc6e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e5b;
$custom-light: #d49889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.753,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62006,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E5B

secondary

#A5C6CE

accent

#BAD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2F0

border

#D4CCCB

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E5B

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

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