#BE855B#BE855B

#BE855B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.091 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE855B
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 17.10, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 35.65, 61.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0496 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.091 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5128, 28.4799, 13.7329)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE855B #5B94BE

analogous

#BE5B62 #BE855B #BEB75B

triadic

#BE855B #5BBE85 #855BBE

tetradic

#BE855B #62BE5B #5B94BE #B75BBE

square

#BE855B #62BE5B #5B94BE #B75BBE

split-complementary

#BE855B #5BBEB7 #5B62BE

monochromatic

#724A2D #9D673E #BE855B #CFA687 #E1C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BE855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BE855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE855B

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE855B	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.091 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a88a',
    500: '#be855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be855b;
$custom-light: #d4a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.455,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66429,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE855B

secondary

#A6BECF

accent

#9DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE855B

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

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