#BE8A50#BE8A50

#BE8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.098 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A50
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 13.39, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 40.77, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0371 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.098 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7734, 29.7056, 11.6481)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A50 #5084BE

analogous

#BE5350 #BE8A50 #BBBE50

triadic

#BE8A50 #50BE8A #8A50BE

tetradic

#BE8A50 #50BE53 #5084BE #BE50BB

square

#BE8A50 #50BE53 #5084BE #BE50BB

split-complementary

#BE8A50 #50BBBE #5350BE

monochromatic

#6C4C28 #986B39 #BE8A50 #CFA87D #DFC6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A50

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A50	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.098 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac82',
    500: '#be8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a50;
$custom-light: #d5ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.636,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67219,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A50

secondary

#9DB4CD

accent

#90D552

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A50

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

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