#BD5A42#BD5A42

#BD5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.133 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5A42
RGB	rgb(189, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 37.98, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 49.97, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1095 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.133 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6281, 18.5276, 7.3798)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5A42 #42A5BD

analogous

#BD4268 #BD5A42 #BD9742

triadic

#BD5A42 #42BD5A #5A42BD

tetradic

#BD5A42 #68BD42 #42A5BD #9742BD

square

#BD5A42 #68BD42 #42A5BD #9742BD

split-complementary

#BD5A42 #42BD97 #4268BD

monochromatic

#622F22 #904432 #BD5A42 #CD826F #DDA99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BD5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BD5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5A42

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5A42	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.133 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b77',
    500: '#bd5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5a42;
$custom-light: #d78b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58445,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5A42

secondary

#92BEC9

accent

#BDD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5A42

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

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