#BE8848#BE8848

#BE8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8848
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 13.90, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 44.17, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0375 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.104 69)
XYZ	xyz(31.2110, 29.0258, 10.0883)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8848 #487EBE

analogous

#BE4D48 #BE8848 #B9BE48

triadic

#BE8848 #48BE88 #8848BE

tetradic

#BE8848 #48BE4D #487EBE #BE48B9

square

#BE8848 #48BE4D #487EBE #BE48B9

split-complementary

#BE8848 #48B9BE #4D48BE

monochromatic

#674925 #946835 #BE8848 #CEA575 #DEC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BE8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BE8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8848

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8848	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa7d',
    500: '#be8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8848;
$custom-light: #d5aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.542,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66724,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.29023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8848

secondary

#97AFCB

accent

#8ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8848

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

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