#BF5236#BF5236

#BF5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.147 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5236
RGB	rgb(191, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 42.06, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 56.41, 41.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1196 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.147 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1715, 17.3806, 5.5186)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5236 #36A3BF

analogous

#BF365E #BF5236 #BF9636

triadic

#BF5236 #36BF52 #5236BF

tetradic

#BF5236 #5EBF36 #36A3BF #9636BF

square

#BF5236 #5EBF36 #36A3BF #9636BF

split-complementary

#BF5236 #36BF96 #365EBF

monochromatic

#60291B #8F3E29 #BF5236 #D27760 #E0A090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BF5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BF5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5236

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5236	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.147 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9866e',
    500: '#bf5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5236;
$custom-light: #d9866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.263,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57399,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5236

secondary

#87BCCA

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5236

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

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