#BE8451#BE8451

#BE8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.098 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8451
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 16.79, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 39.90, 65.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.0473 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.098 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9735, 28.0462, 11.5651)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8451 #518BBE

analogous

#BE5154 #BE8451 #BEBA51

triadic

#BE8451 #51BE84 #8451BE

tetradic

#BE8451 #54BE51 #518BBE #BA51BE

square

#BE8451 #54BE51 #518BBE #BA51BE

split-complementary

#BE8451 #51BEBA #5154BE

monochromatic

#6C4828 #996639 #BE8451 #CFA37E #DFC3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BE8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BE8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8451

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8451	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.098 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a883',
    500: '#be8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8451;
$custom-light: #d5a883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.073,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6608,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8451

secondary

#9EB7CD

accent

#98D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8451

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

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