#BE502E#BE502E

#BE502E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.150 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE502E
RGB	rgb(190, 80, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 42.28, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 59.00, 44.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.119 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.15 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5995, 16.8850, 4.5480)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE502E #2E9CBE

analogous

#BE2E54 #BE502E #BE982E

triadic

#BE502E #2EBE50 #502EBE

tetradic

#BE502E #54BE2E #2E9CBE #982EBE

square

#BE502E #54BE2E #2E9CBE #982EBE

split-complementary

#BE502E #2EBE98 #2E54BE

monochromatic

#5B2716 #8D3B22 #BE502E #D67254 #E19B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BE502E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BE502E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE502E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE502E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE502E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be502e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 80, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.150 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98469',
    500: '#be502e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be502e;
$custom-light: #d98469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be502e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56869,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE502E

secondary

#7DB8CB

accent

#BEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE502E

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

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