#BC8A7C#BC8A7C

#BC8A7C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.065 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A7C
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 124)
HSL	hsl(13, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(13, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 34%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 17.15, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 22.78, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0524 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.065 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4666, 30.3255, 23.1555)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A7C #7CAEBC

analogous

#BC7C8E #BC8A7C #BCAA7C

triadic

#BC8A7C #7CBC8A #8A7CBC

tetradic

#BC8A7C #8EBC7C #7CAEBC #AA7CBC

square

#BC8A7C #8EBC7C #7CAEBC #AA7CBC

split-complementary

#BC8A7C #7CBCAA #7C8EBC

monochromatic

#7D4E40 #A66755 #BC8A7C #D1AEA4 #E5D2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A7C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A7C	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)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.065 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca2',
    500: '#bc8a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a7c;
$custom-light: #d1aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.125,
    "s": 32.323,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67832,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A7C

secondary

#BED1D6

accent

#92AB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A7C

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

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