#BE5E40#BE5E40

#BE5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.131 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E40
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 36.18, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 50.17, 43.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1035 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.131 38)
XYZ	xyz(26.1656, 19.3258, 7.2018)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E40 #40A0BE

analogous

#BE4061 #BE5E40 #BE9D40

triadic

#BE5E40 #40BE5E #5E40BE

tetradic

#BE5E40 #61BE40 #40A0BE #9D40BE

square

#BE5E40 #61BE40 #40A0BE #9D40BE

split-complementary

#BE5E40 #40BE9D #4061BE

monochromatic

#623121 #904731 #BE5E40 #CE846D #DDAB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BE5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BE5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E40

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E40	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.131 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e76',
    500: '#be5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e40;
$custom-light: #d78e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.19323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E40

secondary

#90BCC9

accent

#B8D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E40

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

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