#BA5537#BA5537

#BA5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5537
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 38.72, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 53.28, 43.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.11 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.138 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1901, 17.2150, 5.6627)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5537 #379CBA

analogous

#BA375B #BA5537 #BA9637

triadic

#BA5537 #37BA55 #5537BA

tetradic

#BA5537 #5BBA37 #379CBA #9637BA

square

#BA5537 #5BBA37 #379CBA #9637BA

split-complementary

#BA5537 #37BA96 #375BBA

monochromatic

#5C2A1B #8B3F29 #BA5537 #D0785F #DEA08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA5537

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA5537	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5876f',
    500: '#ba5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5537;
$custom-light: #d5876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.74,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5537

secondary

#85B9C8

accent

#BCDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5537

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

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