#BE5236#BE5236

#BE5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5236
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 41.68, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 55.98, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1186 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.146 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9208, 17.2513, 5.5069)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5236 #36A2BE

analogous

#BE365E #BE5236 #BE9636

triadic

#BE5236 #36BE52 #5236BE

tetradic

#BE5236 #5EBE36 #36A2BE #9636BE

square

#BE5236 #5EBE36 #36A2BE #9636BE

split-complementary

#BE5236 #36BE96 #365EBE

monochromatic

#5F291B #8E3D28 #BE5236 #D27760 #DFA08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BE5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5236

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5236	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866e',
    500: '#be5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5236;
$custom-light: #d8866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57246,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5236

secondary

#86BCCA

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5236

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

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