#BF5E40#BF5E40

#BF5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.132 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5E40
RGB	rgb(191, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 36.58, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 50.60, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1046 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.132 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4163, 19.4551, 7.2136)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5E40 #40A1BF

analogous

#BF4062 #BF5E40 #BF9D40

triadic

#BF5E40 #40BF5E #5E40BF

tetradic

#BF5E40 #62BF40 #40A1BF #9D40BF

square

#BF5E40 #62BF40 #40A1BF #9D40BF

split-complementary

#BF5E40 #40BF9D #4062BF

monochromatic

#633121 #914731 #BF5E40 #CE856E #DEAB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BF5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BF5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5E40

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5E40	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.132 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88e76',
    500: '#bf5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5e40;
$custom-light: #d88e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.173,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59323,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5E40

secondary

#91BCCA

accent

#B9D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5E40

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

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