#BE8161#BE8161

#BE8161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8161
RGB	rgb(190, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 19.88, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 33.41, 53.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0586 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.088 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2448, 27.5131, 14.9719)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8161 #619EBE

analogous

#BE6170 #BE8161 #BEB061

triadic

#BE8161 #61BE81 #8161BE

tetradic

#BE8161 #70BE61 #619EBE #B061BE

square

#BE8161 #70BE61 #619EBE #B061BE

split-complementary

#BE8161 #61BEB0 #6170BE

monochromatic

#754830 #A06242 #BE8161 #D0A48C #E2C6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BE8161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BE8161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8161

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8161	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a68e',
    500: '#be8161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8161;
$custom-light: #d4a68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.645,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65783,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8161

secondary

#AAC3D1

accent

#A7D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8161

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

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