#BD6B59#BD6B59

#BD6B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.109 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6B59
RGB	rgb(189, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, 30.78, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 39.24, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.0909 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.109 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0490, 22.0582, 12.2297)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6B59 #59ABBD

analogous

#BD5979 #BD6B59 #BD9D59

triadic

#BD6B59 #59BD6B #6B59BD

tetradic

#BD6B59 #79BD59 #59ABBD #9D59BD

square

#BD6B59 #79BD59 #59ABBD #9D59BD

split-complementary

#BD6B59 #59BD9D #5979BD

monochromatic

#6F382C #9B4E3E #BD6B59 #CE9285 #E0B9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BD6B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BD6B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6B59

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6B59	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.109 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59688',
    500: '#bd6b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6b59;
$custom-light: #d59688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6B59

secondary

#A4C6CE

accent

#BCD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6B59

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

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