#BE873B#BE873B

#BE873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.114 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE873B
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 13.62, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 49.76, 74.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0348 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.114 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6906, 28.5933, 8.0395)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE873B #3B72BE

analogous

#BE463B #BE873B #B4BE3B

triadic

#BE873B #3BBE87 #873BBE

tetradic

#BE873B #3BBE46 #3B72BE #BE3BB4

square

#BE873B #3BBE46 #3B72BE #BE3BB4

split-complementary

#BE873B #3BB4BE #463BBE

monochromatic

#61451E #8F662C #BE873B #D0A467 #DEC095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BE873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BE873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE873B

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE873B	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.114 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a974',
    500: '#be873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be873b;
$custom-light: #d6a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66381,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE873B

secondary

#8BA5CA

accent

#88DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE873B

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

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