#BE8965#BE8965

#BE8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.082 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8965
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(24, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, 15.85, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 31.54, 59.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.047 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.082 55)
XYZ	xyz(32.5313, 29.7803, 16.3441)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8965 #659ABE

analogous

#BE656E #BE8965 #BEB665

triadic

#BE8965 #65BE89 #8965BE

tetradic

#BE8965 #6EBE65 #659ABE #B665BE

square

#BE8965 #6EBE65 #659ABE #B665BE

split-complementary

#BE8965 #65BEB6 #656EBE

monochromatic

#774E32 #A26A44 #BE8965 #D0AA90 #E2CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8965

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8965	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.082 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab91',
    500: '#be8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8965;
$custom-light: #d4ab91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.27,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67371,
    "c": 0.08196,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.29778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8965

secondary

#ADC3D1

accent

#9FD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8965

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

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