#BE8951#BE8951

#BE8951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.098 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8951
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 14.03, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 40.22, 69.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0391 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.098 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6679, 29.4349, 11.7966)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8951 #5186BE

analogous

#BE5251 #BE8951 #BCBE51

triadic

#BE8951 #51BE89 #8951BE

tetradic

#BE8951 #51BE52 #5186BE #BE51BC

square

#BE8951 #51BE52 #5186BE #BE51BC

split-complementary

#BE8951 #51BCBE #5251BE

monochromatic

#6C4B28 #996A39 #BE8951 #CFA77E #DFC5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BE8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8951

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8951	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.098 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab83',
    500: '#be8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8951;
$custom-light: #d5ab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.826,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8951

secondary

#9EB5CD

accent

#92D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8951

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

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