#BE502C#BE502C

#BE502C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.150 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE502C
RGB	rgb(190, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 42.20, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 59.65, 44.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1183 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.15 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5610, 16.8696, 4.3452)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE502C #2C9ABE

analogous

#BE2C51 #BE502C #BE992C

triadic

#BE502C #2CBE50 #502CBE

tetradic

#BE502C #51BE2C #2C9ABE #992CBE

square

#BE502C #51BE2C #2C9ABE #992CBE

split-complementary

#BE502C #2CBE99 #2C51BE

monochromatic

#5B2615 #8C3B20 #BE502C #D77251 #E29A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BE502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BE502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE502C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE502C	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.150 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98467',
    500: '#be502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be502c;
$custom-light: #d98467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56848,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE502C

secondary

#7BB7CB

accent

#BDE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE502C

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

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