#BA553B#BA553B

#BA553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.137 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA553B
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 38.94, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 51.99, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1114 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.137 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2899, 17.2549, 6.1883)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA553B #3BA0BA

analogous

#BA3B61 #BA553B #BA943B

triadic

#BA553B #3BBA55 #553BBA

tetradic

#BA553B #61BA3B #3BA0BA #943BBA

square

#BA553B #61BA3B #3BA0BA #943BBA

split-complementary

#BA553B #3BBA94 #3B61BA

monochromatic

#5D2B1E #8C402C #BA553B #CE7A64 #DDA293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BA553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BA553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA553B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA553B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.137 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58772',
    500: '#ba553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba553b;
$custom-light: #d58772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57144,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA553B

secondary

#89BBC8

accent

#BEDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA553B

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

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