#BC7965#BC7965

#BC7965 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.090 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7965
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 101)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(14, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 23.89, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 32.35, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0712 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.09 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9269, 25.3081, 15.6182)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7965 #65A8BC

analogous

#BC657D #BC7965 #BCA565

triadic

#BC7965 #65BC79 #7965BC

tetradic

#BC7965 #7DBC65 #65A8BC #A565BC

square

#BC7965 #7DBC65 #65A8BC #A565BC

split-complementary

#BC7965 #65BCA5 #657DBC

monochromatic

#744233 #9F5A45 #BC7965 #CF9E90 #E1C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#BC7965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#BC7965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7965

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7965	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.090 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a091',
    500: '#bc7965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7965;
$custom-light: #d3a091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.793,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7965

secondary

#ADC8D0

accent

#B4CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7965

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

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