#BE5939#BE5939

#BE5939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.138 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5939
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 38.35, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 53.51, 44.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1089 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.138 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5485, 18.3905, 6.0744)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5939 #399EBE

analogous

#BE395B #BE5939 #BE9B39

triadic

#BE5939 #39BE59 #5939BE

tetradic

#BE5939 #5BBE39 #399EBE #9B39BE

square

#BE5939 #5BBE39 #399EBE #9B39BE

split-complementary

#BE5939 #39BE9B #395BBE

monochromatic

#602D1D #8F432B #BE5939 #D07E64 #DFA593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BE5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BE5939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5939

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5939	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.138 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a70',
    500: '#be5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5939;
$custom-light: #d88a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5939

secondary

#89BACA

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5939

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

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