#BE5A40#BE5A40

#BE5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.135 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5A40
RGB	rgb(190, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 38.24, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 51.03, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1098 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.135 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8191, 18.6328, 7.0863)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5A40 #40A4BE

analogous

#BE4065 #BE5A40 #BE9940

triadic

#BE5A40 #40BE5A #5A40BE

tetradic

#BE5A40 #65BE40 #40A4BE #9940BE

square

#BE5A40 #65BE40 #40A4BE #9940BE

split-complementary

#BE5A40 #40BE99 #4065BE

monochromatic

#622F21 #904431 #BE5A40 #CE816D #DDA99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BE5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BE5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5A40

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5A40	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.135 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b75',
    500: '#be5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5a40;
$custom-light: #d88b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58561,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5A40

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#BDD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5A40

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

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