#BE5B42#BE5B42

#BE5B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.134 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5B42
RGB	rgb(190, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 37.85, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 50.18, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.109 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.134 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9620, 18.8258, 7.4198)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5B42 #42A5BE

analogous

#BE4267 #BE5B42 #BE9942

triadic

#BE5B42 #42BE5B #5B42BE

tetradic

#BE5B42 #67BE42 #42A5BE #9942BE

square

#BE5B42 #67BE42 #42A5BE #9942BE

split-complementary

#BE5B42 #42BE99 #4267BE

monochromatic

#632F22 #914532 #BE5B42 #CE8370 #DDAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BE5B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BE5B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5B42

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5B42	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.134 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c77',
    500: '#be5b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5b42;
$custom-light: #d78c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58743,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5B42

secondary

#92BECA

accent

#BDD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5B42

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

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