#BE8A52#BE8A52

#BE8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A52
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 13.56, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 39.86, 70.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0379 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.097 67)
XYZ	xyz(31.8484, 29.7356, 12.0431)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A52 #5286BE

analogous

#BE5452 #BE8A52 #BCBE52

triadic

#BE8A52 #52BE8A #8A52BE

tetradic

#BE8A52 #52BE54 #5286BE #BE52BC

square

#BE8A52 #52BE54 #5286BE #BE52BC

split-complementary

#BE8A52 #52BCBE #5452BE

monochromatic

#6D4C29 #996B3A #BE8A52 #CFA87E #DFC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BE8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A52

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A52	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac84',
    500: '#be8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a52;
$custom-light: #d5ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67248,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.29733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A52

secondary

#9FB5CD

accent

#91D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A52

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

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