#BE8A57#BE8A57

#BE8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A57
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 13.98, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 37.61, 68.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0398 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.093 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0457, 29.8145, 13.0819)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A57 #578BBE

analogous

#BE5758 #BE8A57 #BEBE57

triadic

#BE8A57 #57BE8A #8A57BE

tetradic

#BE8A57 #58BE57 #578BBE #BE57BE

square

#BE8A57 #58BE57 #578BBE #BE57BE

split-complementary

#BE8A57 #57BEBE #5758BE

monochromatic

#6F4D2B #9C6B3C #BE8A57 #CFA983 #E0C7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A57

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A57	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)

#9B8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac87',
    500: '#be8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a57;
$custom-light: #d4ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.709,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67323,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A57

secondary

#A3B9CE

accent

#95D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A57

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

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