#BE5E35#BE5E35

#BE5E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.135 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E35
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 35.57, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 53.93, 48.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0996 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.135 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8829, 19.2127, 5.7129)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E35 #3595BE

analogous

#BE3551 #BE5E35 #BEA235

triadic

#BE5E35 #35BE5E #5E35BE

tetradic

#BE5E35 #51BE35 #3595BE #A235BE

square

#BE5E35 #51BE35 #3595BE #A235BE

split-complementary

#BE5E35 #35BEA2 #3551BE

monochromatic

#5E2F1A #8E4628 #BE5E35 #D2815E #DFA68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BE5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BE5E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E35

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E35	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.135 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88d6e',
    500: '#be5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e35;
$custom-light: #d88d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59037,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E35

secondary

#85B5CA

accent

#B2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E35

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

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