#BD5338#BD5338

#BD5338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.143 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5338
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 40.91, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 54.69, 41.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1167 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.143 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7957, 17.2941, 5.7730)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5338 #38A2BD

analogous

#BD3860 #BD5338 #BD9538

triadic

#BD5338 #38BD53 #5338BD

tetradic

#BD5338 #60BD38 #38A2BD #9538BD

square

#BD5338 #60BD38 #38A2BD #9538BD

split-complementary

#BD5338 #38BD95 #3860BD

monochromatic

#5F2A1C #8E3E2A #BD5338 #D07862 #DEA191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BD5338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD5338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5338

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5338	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.143 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866f',
    500: '#bd5338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5338;
$custom-light: #d8866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57262,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5338

secondary

#87BCC9

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5338

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

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