#BC8372#BC8372

#BC8372 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.075 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8372
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 114)
HSL	hsl(14, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(14, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 19.80, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 26.76, 42.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0599 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.075 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8938, 28.1410, 19.6682)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8372 #72ABBC

analogous

#BC7286 #BC8372 #BCA872

triadic

#BC8372 #72BC83 #8372BC

tetradic

#BC8372 #86BC72 #72ABBC #A872BC

square

#BC8372 #86BC72 #72ABBC #A872BC

split-complementary

#BC8372 #72BCA8 #7286BC

monochromatic

#7A493A #A3614E #BC8372 #D0A79B #E3CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BC8372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8372

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8372	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.075 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a79a',
    500: '#bc8372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8372;
$custom-light: #d2a79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.784,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66277,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8372

secondary

#B6CDD3

accent

#B2CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8372

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

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