#BE5940#BE5940

#BE5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.136 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5940
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 38.75, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 51.25, 40.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1114 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.136 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7353, 18.4652, 7.0584)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5940 #40A5BE

analogous

#BE4066 #BE5940 #BE9840

triadic

#BE5940 #40BE59 #5940BE

tetradic

#BE5940 #66BE40 #40A5BE #9840BE

square

#BE5940 #66BE40 #40A5BE #9840BE

split-complementary

#BE5940 #40BE98 #4066BE

monochromatic

#622E21 #904431 #BE5940 #CE806D #DDA89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BE5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BE5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5940

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5940	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.136 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a75',
    500: '#be5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5940;
$custom-light: #d88a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5841,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5940

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#BED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5940

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

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