#BC8475#BC8475

#BC8475 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.073 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8475
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 117)
HSL	hsl(13, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(13, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 19.60, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 25.76, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0595 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.073 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2024, 28.4804, 20.6273)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8475 #75ADBC

analogous

#BC758A #BC8475 #BCA875

triadic

#BC8475 #75BC84 #8475BC

tetradic

#BC8475 #8ABC75 #75ADBC #A875BC

square

#BC8475 #8ABC75 #75ADBC #A875BC

split-complementary

#BC8475 #75BCA8 #758ABC

monochromatic

#7B493C #A46250 #BC8475 #D0A99E #E4CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8475

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8475	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.073 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89c',
    500: '#bc8475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8475;
$custom-light: #d2a89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66533,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8475

secondary

#B9CED4

accent

#B4CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8475

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

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