#BE5A35#BE5A35

#BE5A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.139 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5A35
RGB	rgb(190, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 37.63, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 54.65, 46.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1059 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.139 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5364, 18.5197, 5.5974)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5A35 #3599BE

analogous

#BE3555 #BE5A35 #BE9E35

triadic

#BE5A35 #35BE5A #5A35BE

tetradic

#BE5A35 #55BE35 #3599BE #9E35BE

square

#BE5A35 #55BE35 #3599BE #9E35BE

split-complementary

#BE5A35 #35BE9E #3555BE

monochromatic

#5E2D1A #8E4328 #BE5A35 #D27D5E #DFA48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BE5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BE5A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5A35

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5A35	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#756A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.139 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b6e',
    500: '#be5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5a35;
$custom-light: #d88b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5A35

secondary

#85B7CA

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5A35

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

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