#BD5533#BD5533

#BD5533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.143 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5533
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 39.67, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 55.89, 44.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1119 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.143 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8348, 17.5580, 5.2126)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5533 #339BBD

analogous

#BD3356 #BD5533 #BD9A33

triadic

#BD5533 #33BD55 #5533BD

tetradic

#BD5533 #56BD33 #339BBD #9A33BD

square

#BD5533 #56BD33 #339BBD #9A33BD

split-complementary

#BD5533 #33BD9A #3356BD

monochromatic

#5D2A19 #8D3F26 #BD5533 #D3785B #E0A08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BD5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5533

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5533	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.143 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886c',
    500: '#bd5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5533;
$custom-light: #d8886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57492,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5533

secondary

#82B8CA

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5533

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

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