#BE5533#BE5533

#BE5533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.144 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5533
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 40.05, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 56.32, 44.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.113 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.144 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0837, 17.6864, 5.2243)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5533 #339CBE

analogous

#BE3357 #BE5533 #BE9A33

triadic

#BE5533 #33BE55 #5533BE

tetradic

#BE5533 #57BE33 #339CBE #9A33BE

square

#BE5533 #57BE33 #339CBE #9A33BE

split-complementary

#BE5533 #33BE9A #3357BE

monochromatic

#5E2A19 #8E3F26 #BE5533 #D3785B #E0A08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BE5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5533

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5533	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72662F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.144 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9886c',
    500: '#be5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5533;
$custom-light: #d9886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.676,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57643,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5533

secondary

#83B9CA

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5533

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

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