#BE852E#BE852E

#BE852E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.122 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE852E
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 14.08, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 54.85, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0344 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.122 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1180, 27.9220, 6.3875)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE852E #2E67BE

analogous

#BE3D2E #BE852E #AFBE2E

triadic

#BE852E #2EBE85 #852EBE

tetradic

#BE852E #2EBE3D #2E67BE #BE2EAF

square

#BE852E #2EBE3D #2E67BE #BE2EAF

split-complementary

#BE852E #2EAFBE #3D2EBE

monochromatic

#5B4016 #8D6322 #BE852E #D6A254 #E1BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BE852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BE852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE852E

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE852E	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.122 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a86d',
    500: '#be852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be852e;
$custom-light: #d7a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65877,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE852E

secondary

#7D9CCB

accent

#83E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE852E

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

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