#BE5536#BE5536

#BE5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.143 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5536
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 40.20, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 55.33, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.114 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.143 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1520, 17.7137, 5.5839)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5536 #369FBE

analogous

#BE365B #BE5536 #BE9936

triadic

#BE5536 #36BE55 #5536BE

tetradic

#BE5536 #5BBE36 #369FBE #9936BE

square

#BE5536 #5BBE36 #369FBE #9936BE

split-complementary

#BE5536 #36BE99 #365BBE

monochromatic

#5F2A1B #8E4028 #BE5536 #D27A60 #DFA18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BE5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5536

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5536	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.143 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886e',
    500: '#be5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5536;
$custom-light: #d8886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.676,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5536

secondary

#86BACA

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5536

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

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