#BE5E37#BE5E37

#BE5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.135 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E37
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 35.68, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 53.23, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1003 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.135 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9299, 19.2315, 5.9603)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E37 #3797BE

analogous

#BE3754 #BE5E37 #BEA137

triadic

#BE5E37 #37BE5E #5E37BE

tetradic

#BE5E37 #54BE37 #3797BE #A137BE

square

#BE5E37 #54BE37 #3797BE #A137BE

split-complementary

#BE5E37 #37BEA1 #3754BE

monochromatic

#5F2F1C #8F4729 #BE5E37 #D18161 #DFA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BE5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BE5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E37

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E37	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.135 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88d6f',
    500: '#be5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e37;
$custom-light: #d88d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E37

secondary

#87B7CA

accent

#B3DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E37

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

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