#BC8477#BC8477

#BC8477 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.072 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8477
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 119)
HSL	hsl(11, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 19.85, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 25.27, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0603 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.072 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3212, 28.5279, 21.2532)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8477 #77AFBC

analogous

#BC778D #BC8477 #BCA677

triadic

#BC8477 #77BC84 #8477BC

tetradic

#BC8477 #8DBC77 #77AFBC #A677BC

square

#BC8477 #8DBC77 #77AFBC #A677BC

split-complementary

#BC8477 #77BCA6 #778DBC

monochromatic

#7C493D #A56151 #BC8477 #D0A9A0 #E4CEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BC8477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8477

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8477	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.072 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89e',
    500: '#bc8477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8477;
$custom-light: #d2a89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6658,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8477

secondary

#BAD0D5

accent

#97AD39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8477

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

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