#BE8A53#BE8A53

#BE8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.096 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A53
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 13.64, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 39.41, 69.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0382 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.096 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8868, 29.7510, 12.2450)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A53 #5387BE

analogous

#BE5453 #BE8A53 #BCBE53

triadic

#BE8A53 #53BE8A #8A53BE

tetradic

#BE8A53 #53BE54 #5387BE #BE53BC

square

#BE8A53 #53BE54 #5387BE #BE53BC

split-complementary

#BE8A53 #53BCBE #5453BE

monochromatic

#6D4C29 #9A6B3A #BE8A53 #CFA87F #E0C6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BE8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A53

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A53	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)

#9B8D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.096 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac84',
    500: '#be8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a53;
$custom-light: #d5ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.841,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67263,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A53

secondary

#9FB6CD

accent

#92D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A53

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

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