#BE8351#BE8351

#BE8351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8351
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 17.34, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 39.87, 64.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.049 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.098 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8386, 27.7763, 11.5201)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8351 #518CBE

analogous

#BE5155 #BE8351 #BEBA51

triadic

#BE8351 #51BE83 #8351BE

tetradic

#BE8351 #55BE51 #518CBE #BA51BE

square

#BE8351 #55BE51 #518CBE #BA51BE

split-complementary

#BE8351 #51BEBA #5155BE

monochromatic

#6C4828 #996539 #BE8351 #CFA37E #DFC3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BE8351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BE8351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8351

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8351	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a783',
    500: '#be8351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8351;
$custom-light: #d5a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.523,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6589,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8351

secondary

#9EB7CD

accent

#99D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8351

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

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