#BE553B#BE553B

#BE553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.141 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE553B
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 40.46, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 53.72, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1158 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.141 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2755, 17.7631, 6.2345)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE553B #3BA4BE

analogous

#BE3B63 #BE553B #BE973B

triadic

#BE553B #3BBE55 #553BBE

tetradic

#BE553B #63BE3B #3BA4BE #973BBE

square

#BE553B #63BE3B #3BA4BE #973BBE

split-complementary

#BE553B #3BBE97 #3B63BE

monochromatic

#612B1E #8F402C #BE553B #D07B67 #DEA495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BE553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BE553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE553B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE553B	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.141 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88872',
    500: '#be553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be553b;
$custom-light: #d88872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.908,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57745,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE553B

secondary

#8BBDCA

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE553B

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

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