#BD502E#BD502E

#BD502E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD502E
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 41.91, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 58.58, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1179 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.149 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3506, 16.7567, 4.5363)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD502E #2E9BBD

analogous

#BD2E53 #BD502E #BD972E

triadic

#BD502E #2EBD50 #502EBD

tetradic

#BD502E #53BD2E #2E9BBD #972EBD

square

#BD502E #53BD2E #2E9BBD #972EBD

split-complementary

#BD502E #2EBD97 #2E53BD

monochromatic

#5B2616 #8C3B22 #BD502E #D57253 #E19A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BD502E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BD502E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD502E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD502E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD502E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd502e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88469',
    500: '#bd502e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd502e;
$custom-light: #d88469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd502e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.266,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56714,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD502E

secondary

#7CB8CA

accent

#BEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD502E

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

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