#BE8A56#BE8A56

#BE8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A56
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 13.89, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 38.06, 68.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0394 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.093 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0051, 29.7983, 12.8683)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A56 #568ABE

analogous

#BE5656 #BE8A56 #BEBE56

triadic

#BE8A56 #56BE8A #8A56BE

tetradic

#BE8A56 #56BE56 #568ABE #BE56BE

square

#BE8A56 #56BE56 #568ABE #BE56BE

split-complementary

#BE8A56 #56BEBE #5656BE

monochromatic

#6F4D2B #9B6B3C #BE8A56 #CFA982 #E0C7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A56

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A56	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)

#9B8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac86',
    500: '#be8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a56;
$custom-light: #d4ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A56

secondary

#A2B8CE

accent

#94D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A56

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

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