#BD523E#BD523E

#BD523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.143 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD523E
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 41.74, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 53.08, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1204 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.143 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8754, 17.2044, 6.5674)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD523E #3EA9BD

analogous

#BD3E6A #BD523E #BD923E

triadic

#BD523E #3EBD52 #523EBD

tetradic

#BD523E #6ABD3E #3EA9BD #923EBD

square

#BD523E #6ABD3E #3EA9BD #923EBD

split-complementary

#BD523E #3EBD92 #3E6ABD

monochromatic

#612A20 #8F3E2F #BD523E #CE7A6A #DDA398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BD523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BD523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD523E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD523E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.143 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78674',
    500: '#bd523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd523e;
$custom-light: #d78674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.449,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57203,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD523E

secondary

#8EC0C9

accent

#C4DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD523E

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

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