#BF5939#BF5939

#BF5939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.139 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5939
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 38.74, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 53.93, 44.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1099 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.139 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7992, 18.5197, 6.0862)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5939 #399FBF

analogous

#BF395C #BF5939 #BF9C39

triadic

#BF5939 #39BF59 #5939BF

tetradic

#BF5939 #5CBF39 #399FBF #9C39BF

square

#BF5939 #5CBF39 #399FBF #9C39BF

split-complementary

#BF5939 #39BF9C #395CBF

monochromatic

#612D1D #90432B #BF5939 #D17E64 #DFA593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BF5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF5939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5939

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5939	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.139 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98a70',
    500: '#bf5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5939;
$custom-light: #d98a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58461,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5939

secondary

#8ABBCA

accent

#BADD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5939

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

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