#BE5537#BE5537

#BE5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.143 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5537
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 40.25, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 55.00, 42.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1144 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.143 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1757, 17.7232, 5.7089)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5537 #37A0BE

analogous

#BE375D #BE5537 #BE9837

triadic

#BE5537 #37BE55 #5537BE

tetradic

#BE5537 #5DBE37 #37A0BE #9837BE

square

#BE5537 #5DBE37 #37A0BE #9837BE

split-complementary

#BE5537 #37BE98 #375DBE

monochromatic

#5F2B1C #8F4029 #BE5537 #D17A61 #DFA290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BE5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5537

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5537	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)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.143 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886f',
    500: '#be5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5537;
$custom-light: #d8886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57692,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5537

secondary

#87BBCA

accent

#BDDE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5537

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

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