#BC8375#BC8375

#BC8375 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.074 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8375
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 117)
HSL	hsl(12, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 20.16, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 25.98, 39.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0611 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.074 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0674, 28.2105, 20.5823)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8375 #75AEBC

analogous

#BC758B #BC8375 #BCA775

triadic

#BC8375 #75BC83 #8375BC

tetradic

#BC8375 #8BBC75 #75AEBC #A775BC

square

#BC8375 #8BBC75 #75AEBC #A775BC

split-complementary

#BC8375 #75BCA7 #758BBC

monochromatic

#7B483C #A46050 #BC8375 #D0A89E #E4CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC8375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8375

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8375	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.074 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a79c',
    500: '#bc8375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8375;
$custom-light: #d2a79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8375

secondary

#B9CFD4

accent

#B5CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8375

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

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