#BE553C#BE553C

#BE553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.141 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE553C
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 40.52, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 53.41, 40.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1161 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.141 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3017, 17.7736, 6.3724)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE553C #3CA5BE

analogous

#BE3C64 #BE553C #BE963C

triadic

#BE553C #3CBE55 #553CBE

tetradic

#BE553C #64BE3C #3CA5BE #963CBE

square

#BE553C #64BE3C #3CA5BE #963CBE

split-complementary

#BE553C #3CBE96 #3C64BE

monochromatic

#612B1F #8F402D #BE553C #CF7C68 #DEA496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BE553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BE553C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE553C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE553C	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)

#716739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.141 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88872',
    500: '#be553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be553c;
$custom-light: #d88872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE553C

secondary

#8CBECA

accent

#C0DB4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE553C

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

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