#BE8857#BE8857

#BE8857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.093 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8857
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 15.08, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 37.47, 66.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0431 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.093 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7614, 29.2459, 12.9872)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8857 #578DBE

analogous

#BE575A #BE8857 #BEBC57

triadic

#BE8857 #57BE88 #8857BE

tetradic

#BE8857 #5ABE57 #578DBE #BC57BE

square

#BE8857 #5ABE57 #578DBE #BC57BE

split-complementary

#BE8857 #57BEBC #575ABE

monochromatic

#6F4C2B #9C6A3C #BE8857 #CFA783 #E0C7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BE8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BE8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8857

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8857	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.093 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa87',
    500: '#be8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8857;
$custom-light: #d4aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.544,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8857

secondary

#A3B9CE

accent

#97D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8857

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

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