#BD523B#BD523B

#BD523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.143 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD523B
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 41.57, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 53.99, 39.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1193 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.143 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7954, 17.1724, 6.1457)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD523B #3BA6BD

analogous

#BD3B65 #BD523B #BD933B

triadic

#BD523B #3BBD52 #523BBD

tetradic

#BD523B #65BD3B #3BA6BD #933BBD

square

#BD523B #65BD3B #3BA6BD #933BBD

split-complementary

#BD523B #3BBD93 #3B65BD

monochromatic

#602A1E #8E3E2C #BD523B #CF7966 #DEA295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BD523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BD523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD523B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD523B	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.143 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78672',
    500: '#bd523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd523b;
$custom-light: #d78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57159,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD523B

secondary

#8BBEC9

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD523B

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

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