#BD5236#BD5236

#BD5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5236
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 41.30, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 55.55, 41.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1175 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.145 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6719, 17.1230, 5.4952)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5236 #36A1BD

analogous

#BD365E #BD5236 #BD9536

triadic

#BD5236 #36BD52 #5236BD

tetradic

#BD5236 #5EBD36 #36A1BD #9536BD

square

#BD5236 #5EBD36 #36A1BD #9536BD

split-complementary

#BD5236 #36BD95 #365EBD

monochromatic

#5E291B #8D3D28 #BD5236 #D1775F #DF9F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BD5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BD5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5236

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5236	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866e',
    500: '#bd5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5236;
$custom-light: #d8866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57093,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5236

secondary

#85BBC9

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5236

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

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