#BE5938#BE5938

#BE5938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.139 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5938
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 38.29, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 53.84, 44.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1085 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.139 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5238, 18.3806, 5.9443)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5938 #389DBE

analogous

#BE385A #BE5938 #BE9C38

triadic

#BE5938 #38BE59 #5938BE

tetradic

#BE5938 #5ABE38 #389DBE #9C38BE

square

#BE5938 #5ABE38 #389DBE #9C38BE

split-complementary

#BE5938 #38BE9C #385ABE

monochromatic

#5F2D1C #8F432A #BE5938 #D17E62 #DFA592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BE5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BE5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5938

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5938	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.139 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a70',
    500: '#be5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5938;
$custom-light: #d88a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.583,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5938

secondary

#88BACA

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5938

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

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