Titian Red `#BD5620`

Titian Red (#BD5620) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 45°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.148. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#BD5620`
RGB	`rgb(189, 86, 32)`
HSL	`hsl(21, 71%, 43%)`
HSV	`hsv(21, 83%, 74%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 54%, 83%, 26%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(49 38.4 48.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.575 0.148 45)`

How Titian Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Titian Red is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #be521a — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #c1561d — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #bd5620 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #be5721 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Titian Red in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.65:1 and against black 4.52:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Titian Red

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffbea2 · #e98c62 · #bd5620 · #9b3d00 · #672500 · #380f00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#c59241 · #c37527 · #bd5620 · #a84237 · #8e3243 · #732547

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d1b52c · #a49761 · #bd5620 · #934012 · #6e2800 · #302700

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffd5c3 · #05cbff · #bd5620 · #6f5245 · #5d2c13 · #34170a

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e4f5fc · #a48e85 · #bd5620 · #566166 · #362118 · #000204

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f4fa · #beced4 · #91a3aa · #172e36 · #000b13 · #bd5620

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e0f6ff · #22a2c9 · #bd5620 · #006986 · #002c3a · #220500

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#b2decf · #91acdb · #bd5620 · #416b6e · #2e3653 · #22050c

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d8fcea · #3caa81 · #bd5620 · #594ead · #251460 · #000502

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e6f9db · #74a357 · #bd5620 · #006986 · #3c0550 · #00050b

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CC7045 · #DA8964 · #E8A283 · #F5BBA1 · #FFD5C3

Shades

#A0430E · #833200 · #652400 · #481700 · #2D0A00

Muted

#B0603B · #A3684E · #946F5F

Using Titian Red

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.