#BE8151#BE8151

#BE8151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.099 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8151
RGB	rgb(190, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 18.45, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 39.83, 62.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0523 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.099 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5725, 27.2442, 11.4315)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8151 #518EBE

analogous

#BE5157 #BE8151 #BEB751

triadic

#BE8151 #51BE81 #8151BE

tetradic

#BE8151 #57BE51 #518EBE #B751BE

square

#BE8151 #57BE51 #518EBE #B751BE

split-complementary

#BE8151 #51BEB7 #5157BE

monochromatic

#6C4628 #996339 #BE8151 #CFA17E #DFC2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BE8151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8151

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8151	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.099 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a583',
    500: '#be8151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8151;
$custom-light: #d5a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.422,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65512,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8151

secondary

#9EB8CD

accent

#9CD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8151

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

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