#BE856D#BE856D

#BE856D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.079 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE856D
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 18.92, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 28.79, 48.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0569 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.079 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3844, 28.8286, 18.3238)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE856D #6DA6BE

analogous

#BE6D7D #BE856D #BEAD6D

triadic

#BE856D #6DBE85 #856DBE

tetradic

#BE856D #7DBE6D #6DA6BE #AD6DBE

square

#BE856D #7DBE6D #6DA6BE #AD6DBE

split-complementary

#BE856D #6DBEAD #6D7DBE

monochromatic

#7A4A36 #A56449 #BE856D #D1A897 #E4CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BE856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BE856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE856D

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE856D	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.079 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a897',
    500: '#be856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be856d;
$custom-light: #d4a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66771,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE856D

secondary

#B3CAD3

accent

#ACCE59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE856D

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

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