#BE8040#BE8040

#BE8040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.111 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8040
RGB	rgb(190, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 17.79, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 47.09, 67.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0478 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.111 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8819, 26.7583, 8.4406)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8040 #407EBE

analogous

#BE4140 #BE8040 #BDBE40

triadic

#BE8040 #40BE80 #8040BE

tetradic

#BE8040 #40BE41 #407EBE #BE40BD

square

#BE8040 #40BE41 #407EBE #BE40BD

split-complementary

#BE8040 #40BDBE #4140BE

monochromatic

#624221 #906131 #BE8040 #CE9E6D #DDBD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BE8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BE8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8040

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8040	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.111 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a577',
    500: '#be8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8040;
$custom-light: #d6a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65096,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8040

secondary

#90ACC9

accent

#93D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8040

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

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