#BE8A55#BE8A55

#BE8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.094 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A55
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 13.80, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 38.51, 69.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.039 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.094 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9651, 29.7823, 12.6576)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A55 #5589BE

analogous

#BE5655 #BE8A55 #BEBE55

triadic

#BE8A55 #55BE8A #8A55BE

tetradic

#BE8A55 #55BE56 #5589BE #BE55BE

square

#BE8A55 #55BE56 #5589BE #BE55BE

split-complementary

#BE8A55 #55BEBE #5655BE

monochromatic

#6E4D2A #9B6B3B #BE8A55 #CFA881 #E0C7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A55

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A55	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.094 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac86',
    500: '#be8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a55;
$custom-light: #d5ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67293,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A55

secondary

#A1B7CE

accent

#93D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A55

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

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