#BE8252#BE8252

#BE8252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.098 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8252
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 82)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 17.98, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 39.42, 62.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.051 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.098 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7427, 27.5241, 11.6745)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8252 #528EBE

analogous

#BE5258 #BE8252 #BEB852

triadic

#BE8252 #52BE82 #8252BE

tetradic

#BE8252 #58BE52 #528EBE #B852BE

square

#BE8252 #58BE52 #528EBE #B852BE

split-complementary

#BE8252 #52BEB8 #5258BE

monochromatic

#6D4729 #99643A #BE8252 #CFA27E #DFC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BE8252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BE8252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8252

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8252	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)

#94874E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.098 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a683',
    500: '#be8252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8252;
$custom-light: #d5a683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65716,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8252

secondary

#9FB8CD

accent

#9BD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8252

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

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