#BC735D#BC735D

#BC735D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC735D
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 93)
HSL	hsl(14, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 26.39, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 35.89, 42.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.078 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.098 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8473, 23.7457, 13.4179)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC735D #5DA6BC

analogous

#BC5D76 #BC735D #BCA35D

triadic

#BC735D #5DBC73 #735DBC

tetradic

#BC735D #76BC5D #5DA6BC #A35DBC

square

#BC735D #76BC5D #5DA6BC #A35DBC

split-complementary

#BC735D #5DBCA3 #5D76BC

monochromatic

#703E2E #9B5540 #BC735D #CE9888 #E0BEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC735D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BC735D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC735D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC735D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC735D	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc735d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c8b',
    500: '#bc735d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc735d;
$custom-light: #d39c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc735d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.895,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62918,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC735D

secondary

#A6C5CE

accent

#B5D156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC735D

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

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