#BC8472#BC8472

#BC8472 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.074 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8472
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 19.24, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 26.58, 43.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0583 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.075 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0288, 28.4109, 19.7132)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8472 #72AABC

analogous

#BC7285 #BC8472 #BCA972

triadic

#BC8472 #72BC84 #8472BC

tetradic

#BC8472 #85BC72 #72AABC #A972BC

square

#BC8472 #85BC72 #72AABC #A972BC

split-complementary

#BC8472 #72BCA9 #7285BC

monochromatic

#7A493A #A3624E #BC8472 #D0A89B #E3CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8472

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8472	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.074 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89a',
    500: '#bc8472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8472;
$custom-light: #d2a89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8472

secondary

#B6CCD3

accent

#B1CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8472

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

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