#BE5838#BE5838

#BE5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.140 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5838
RGB	rgb(190, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 38.80, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 54.04, 44.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1101 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.14 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4412, 18.2153, 5.9168)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5838 #389EBE

analogous

#BE385B #BE5838 #BE9B38

triadic

#BE5838 #38BE58 #5838BE

tetradic

#BE5838 #5BBE38 #389EBE #9B38BE

square

#BE5838 #5BBE38 #389EBE #9B38BE

split-complementary

#BE5838 #38BE9B #385BBE

monochromatic

#5F2C1C #8F422A #BE5838 #D17D62 #DFA492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BE5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BE5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5838

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5838	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.140 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a70',
    500: '#be5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5838;
$custom-light: #d88a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5815,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5838

secondary

#88BACA

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5838

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

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