#BC735E#BC735E

#BC735E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC735E
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 94)
HSL	hsl(13, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(13, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 26.49, 23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 35.59, 41.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0784 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.098 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8919, 23.7636, 13.6527)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC735E #5EA7BC

analogous

#BC5E78 #BC735E #BCA25E

triadic

#BC735E #5EBC73 #735EBC

tetradic

#BC735E #78BC5E #5EA7BC #A25EBC

square

#BC735E #78BC5E #5EA7BC #A25EBC

split-complementary

#BC735E #5EBCA2 #5E78BC

monochromatic

#713E2F #9C5541 #BC735E #CE9989 #E0BEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BC735E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BC735E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC735E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC735E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC735E	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)

#857D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc735e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c8c',
    500: '#bc735e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc735e;
$custom-light: #d39c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc735e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.404,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62938,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC735E

secondary

#A7C6CF

accent

#B6D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC735E

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

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