#BD503E#BD503E

#BD503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD503E
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 42.71, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 53.58, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1234 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.145 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7268, 16.9071, 6.5178)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD503E #3EABBD

analogous

#BD3E6C #BD503E #BD903E

triadic

#BD503E #3EBD50 #503EBD

tetradic

#BD503E #6CBD3E #3EABBD #903EBD

square

#BD503E #6CBD3E #3EABBD #903EBD

split-complementary

#BD503E #3EBD90 #3E6CBD

monochromatic

#612920 #8F3C2F #BD503E #CE786A #DDA298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BD503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD503E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD503E	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78574',
    500: '#bd503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd503e;
$custom-light: #d78574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.504,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD503E

secondary

#8EC1C9

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD503E

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

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