#BD5938#BD5938

#BD5938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.138 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5938
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 37.91, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 53.41, 44.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1074 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.138 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2748, 18.2522, 5.9327)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5938 #389CBD

analogous

#BD3859 #BD5938 #BD9B38

triadic

#BD5938 #38BD59 #5938BD

tetradic

#BD5938 #59BD38 #389CBD #9B38BD

square

#BD5938 #59BD38 #389CBD #9B38BD

split-complementary

#BD5938 #38BD9B #3859BD

monochromatic

#5F2D1C #8E432A #BD5938 #D07D62 #DEA491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BD5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BD5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5938

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5938	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.138 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a70',
    500: '#bd5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5938;
$custom-light: #d78a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.887,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5938

secondary

#87B9C9

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5938

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

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