#BE8A51#BE8A51

#BE8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A51
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 13.47, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 40.32, 70.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0375 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.097 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8107, 29.7205, 11.8442)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A51 #5185BE

analogous

#BE5351 #BE8A51 #BCBE51

triadic

#BE8A51 #51BE8A #8A51BE

tetradic

#BE8A51 #51BE53 #5185BE #BE51BC

square

#BE8A51 #51BE53 #5185BE #BE51BC

split-complementary

#BE8A51 #51BCBE #5351BE

monochromatic

#6C4C28 #996B39 #BE8A51 #CFA87E #DFC6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A51

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A51	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac83',
    500: '#be8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a51;
$custom-light: #d5ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.376,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67233,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A51

secondary

#9EB4CD

accent

#91D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A51

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

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