#BE8556#BE8556

#BE8556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.094 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8556
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 16.65, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 37.78, 63.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0476 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.094 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3042, 28.3965, 12.6346)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8556 #568FBE

analogous

#BE565B #BE8556 #BEB956

triadic

#BE8556 #56BE85 #8556BE

tetradic

#BE8556 #5BBE56 #568FBE #B956BE

square

#BE8556 #5BBE56 #568FBE #B956BE

split-complementary

#BE8556 #56BEB9 #565BBE

monochromatic

#6F4A2B #9B673C #BE8556 #CFA582 #E0C5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BE8556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BE8556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8556

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8556	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.094 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a886',
    500: '#be8556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8556;
$custom-light: #d5a886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.115,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66347,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8556

secondary

#A2BACE

accent

#9AD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8556

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

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