#BE836D#BE836D

#BE836D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.080 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE836D
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 20.03, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 29.05, 46.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0602 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.08 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1132, 28.2862, 18.2334)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE836D #6DA8BE

analogous

#BE6D7F #BE836D #BEAB6D

triadic

#BE836D #6DBE83 #836DBE

tetradic

#BE836D #7FBE6D #6DA8BE #AB6DBE

square

#BE836D #7FBE6D #6DA8BE #AB6DBE

split-complementary

#BE836D #6DBEAB #6D7FBE

monochromatic

#7A4936 #A56249 #BE836D #D1A797 #E4CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BE836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BE836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE836D

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE836D	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.080 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a797',
    500: '#be836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be836d;
$custom-light: #d4a797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.296,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66397,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE836D

secondary

#B3CBD3

accent

#AFCE59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE836D

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

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