#BD4F36#BD4F36

#BD4F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.148 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4F36
RGB	rgb(189, 79, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 42.76, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 56.23, 40.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.122 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.148 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4506, 16.6804, 5.4214)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4F36 #36A4BD

analogous

#BD3660 #BD4F36 #BD9236

triadic

#BD4F36 #36BD4F #4F36BD

tetradic

#BD4F36 #60BD36 #36A4BD #9236BD

square

#BD4F36 #60BD36 #36A4BD #9236BD

split-complementary

#BD4F36 #36BD92 #3660BD

monochromatic

#5E271B #8D3B28 #BD4F36 #D1745F #DF9D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BD4F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BD4F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4F36

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4F36	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 79, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.148 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8846e',
    500: '#bd4f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4f36;
$custom-light: #d8846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56669,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4F36

secondary

#85BDC9

accent

#C3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4F36

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

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