#BE5942#BE5942

#BE5942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.135 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5942
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 38.87, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 50.64, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1121 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.135 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7933, 18.4884, 7.3635)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5942 #42A7BE

analogous

#BE4269 #BE5942 #BE9742

triadic

#BE5942 #42BE59 #5942BE

tetradic

#BE5942 #69BE42 #42A7BE #9742BE

square

#BE5942 #69BE42 #42A7BE #9742BE

split-complementary

#BE5942 #42BE97 #4269BE

monochromatic

#632E22 #914332 #BE5942 #CE8170 #DDA99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BE5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BE5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5942

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5942	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.135 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a77',
    500: '#be5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5942;
$custom-light: #d78a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5844,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5942

secondary

#92BFCA

accent

#BFD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5942

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

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