#BE836E#BE836E

#BE836E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.080 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE836E
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 110)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 42.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 20.14, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 28.75, 45.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0606 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.08 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1674, 28.3078, 18.5185)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE836E #6EA9BE

analogous

#BE6E81 #BE836E #BEAB6E

triadic

#BE836E #6EBE83 #836EBE

tetradic

#BE836E #81BE6E #6EA9BE #AB6EBE

square

#BE836E #81BE6E #6EA9BE #AB6EBE

split-complementary

#BE836E #6EBEAB #6E81BE

monochromatic

#7B4937 #A5624A #BE836E #D1A798 #E4CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BE836E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BE836E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE836E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE836E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE836E	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)

#928A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F966E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be836e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.080 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a797',
    500: '#be836e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be836e;
$custom-light: #d4a797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be836e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66418,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE836E

secondary

#B4CBD4

accent

#B0CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE836E

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

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