#BC8A7D#BC8A7D

#BC8A7D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.065 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A7D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(12, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 17.28, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 22.53, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0528 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.065 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5301, 30.3509, 23.4903)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A7D #7DAFBC

analogous

#BC7D90 #BC8A7D #BCAA7D

triadic

#BC8A7D #7DBC8A #8A7DBC

tetradic

#BC8A7D #90BC7D #7DAFBC #AA7DBC

square

#BC8A7D #90BC7D #7DAFBC #AA7DBC

split-complementary

#BC8A7D #7DBCAA #7D90BC

monochromatic

#7E4D41 #A66656 #BC8A7D #D1AEA5 #E6D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A7D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A7D	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.065 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca2',
    500: '#bc8a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a7d;
$custom-light: #d1aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67856,
    "c": 0.06457,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A7D

secondary

#BFD1D6

accent

#94AB3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A7D

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

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