#BE7940#BE7940

#BE7940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.113 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7940
RGB	rgb(190, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 21.65, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 46.99, 62.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0594 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.113 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0001, 24.9948, 8.1467)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7940 #4085BE

analogous

#BE4046 #BE7940 #BEB840

triadic

#BE7940 #40BE79 #7940BE

tetradic

#BE7940 #46BE40 #4085BE #B840BE

square

#BE7940 #46BE40 #4085BE #B840BE

split-complementary

#BE7940 #40BEB8 #4046BE

monochromatic

#623F21 #905C31 #BE7940 #CE996D #DDB99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BE7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BE7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7940

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7940	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.113 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a077',
    500: '#be7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7940;
$custom-light: #d6a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63793,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7940

secondary

#90B0C9

accent

#9AD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7940

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

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