#BE8949#BE8949

#BE8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8949
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 13.42, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 43.82, 72.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0362 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.104 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3854, 29.3219, 10.3087)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8949 #497EBE

analogous

#BE4F49 #BE8949 #B8BE49

triadic

#BE8949 #49BE89 #8949BE

tetradic

#BE8949 #49BE4F #497EBE #BE49B8

square

#BE8949 #49BE4F #497EBE #BE49B8

split-complementary

#BE8949 #49B8BE #4F49BE

monochromatic

#684925 #956935 #BE8949 #CEA676 #DEC3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BE8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8949

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8949	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab7e',
    500: '#be8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8949;
$custom-light: #d5ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8949

secondary

#98AFCB

accent

#8ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8949

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

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