#BE8955#BE8955

#BE8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8955
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 14.36, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 38.43, 68.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0406 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.094 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8223, 29.4967, 12.6099)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8955 #558ABE

analogous

#BE5556 #BE8955 #BEBE55

triadic

#BE8955 #55BE89 #8955BE

tetradic

#BE8955 #56BE55 #558ABE #BE55BE

square

#BE8955 #56BE55 #558ABE #BE55BE

split-complementary

#BE8955 #55BEBE #5556BE

monochromatic

#6E4C2A #9B6A3B #BE8955 #CFA881 #E0C6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BE8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8955

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8955	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab86',
    500: '#be8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8955;
$custom-light: #d5ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67099,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8955

secondary

#A1B8CE

accent

#95D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8955

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

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