#BC8474#BC8474

#BC8474 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.074 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8474
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 116)
HSL	hsl(13, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(13, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 19.48, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 26.03, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0591 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.074 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1439, 28.4570, 20.3193)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8474 #74ACBC

analogous

#BC7488 #BC8474 #BCA874

triadic

#BC8474 #74BC84 #8474BC

tetradic

#BC8474 #88BC74 #74ACBC #A874BC

square

#BC8474 #88BC74 #74ACBC #A874BC

split-complementary

#BC8474 #74BCA8 #7488BC

monochromatic

#7B493B #A4624F #BC8474 #D0A99D #E4CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8474

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8474	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.074 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89c',
    500: '#bc8474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8474;
$custom-light: #d2a89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6651,
    "c": 0.07358,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8474

secondary

#B8CED4

accent

#B3CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8474

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

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