#BE8973#BE8973

#BE8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.073 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8973
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 17.39, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 26.36, 48.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0527 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.073 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2766, 30.0784, 20.2693)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8973 #73A8BE

analogous

#BE7383 #BE8973 #BEAE73

triadic

#BE8973 #73BE89 #8973BE

tetradic

#BE8973 #83BE73 #73A8BE #AE73BE

square

#BE8973 #83BE73 #73A8BE #AE73BE

split-complementary

#BE8973 #73BEAE #7383BE

monochromatic

#7D4D3A #A6674D #BE8973 #D1AC9D #E5CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BE8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BE8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8973

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8973	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.073 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab9b',
    500: '#be8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8973;
$custom-light: #d3ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.6,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67655,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8973

secondary

#B8CCD5

accent

#ABCD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8973

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

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