#BE4A31#BE4A31

#BE4A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.155 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4A31
RGB	rgb(190, 74, 49)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 45.25, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 59.36, 40.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1287 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.155 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2409, 16.0698, 4.7305)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4A31 #31A5BE

analogous

#BE315F #BE4A31 #BE9131

triadic

#BE4A31 #31BE4A #4A31BE

tetradic

#BE4A31 #5FBE31 #31A5BE #9131BE

square

#BE4A31 #5FBE31 #31A5BE #9131BE

split-complementary

#BE4A31 #31BE91 #315FBE

monochromatic

#5D2418 #8D3724 #BE4A31 #D46E58 #E19889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BE4A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BE4A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4A31

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4A31	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A602E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 74, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.155 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9816a',
    500: '#be4a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4a31;
$custom-light: #d9816a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56086,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4A31

secondary

#80BDCA

accent

#C6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4A31

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →