#BF5938#BF5938

#BF5938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.140 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5938
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 38.68, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 54.27, 44.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1096 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.14 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7745, 18.5099, 5.9561)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5938 #389EBF

analogous

#BF385A #BF5938 #BF9C38

triadic

#BF5938 #38BF59 #5938BF

tetradic

#BF5938 #5ABF38 #389EBF #9C38BF

square

#BF5938 #5ABF38 #389EBF #9C38BF

split-complementary

#BF5938 #38BF9C #385ABF

monochromatic

#602D1C #90432A #BF5938 #D17E63 #DFA592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BF5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5938

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5938	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#756934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.140 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98a70',
    500: '#bf5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5938;
$custom-light: #d98a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58448,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5938

secondary

#89BACA

accent

#BADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5938

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

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