#BE6E21#BE6E21

#BE6E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.133 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE6E21
RGB	rgb(190, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 26.23, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 59.15, 63.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.0685 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.133 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0881, 22.2118, 4.2993)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE6E21 #2171BE

analogous

#BE2122 #BE6E21 #BEBC21

triadic

#BE6E21 #21BE6E #6E21BE

tetradic

#BE6E21 #22BE21 #2171BE #BC21BE

square

#BE6E21 #22BE21 #2171BE #BC21BE

split-complementary

#BE6E21 #21BEBC #2122BE

monochromatic

#56320F #8A5018 #BE6E21 #DE8D3F #E7AC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BE6E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BE6E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE6E21

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE6E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE6E21	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D05C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be6e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.133 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89863',
    500: '#be6e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be6e21;
$custom-light: #d89863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be6e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.427,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6153,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE6E21

secondary

#6D9ECD

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE6E21

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

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