#BC8A7B#BC8A7B

#BC8A7B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.065 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A7B
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 123)
HSL	hsl(14, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 17.02, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 23.04, 42.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.052 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.065 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4037, 30.3003, 22.8242)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A7B #7BADBC

analogous

#BC7B8C #BC8A7B #BCAA7B

triadic

#BC8A7B #7BBC8A #8A7BBC

tetradic

#BC8A7B #8CBC7B #7BADBC #AA7BBC

square

#BC8A7B #8CBC7B #7BADBC #AA7BBC

split-complementary

#BC8A7B #7BBCAA #7B8CBC

monochromatic

#7D4E3F #A66754 #BC8A7B #D1AEA4 #E5D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A7B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A7B	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.065 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca1',
    500: '#bc8a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a7b;
$custom-light: #d1aca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 32.663,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67808,
    "c": 0.06546,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A7B

secondary

#BDD0D6

accent

#91AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A7B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →