#BE8A59#BE8A59

#BE8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A59
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 14.15, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 36.72, 67.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0405 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.091 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1285, 29.8477, 13.5182)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A59 #598DBE

analogous

#BE595B #BE8A59 #BEBD59

triadic

#BE8A59 #59BE8A #8A59BE

tetradic

#BE8A59 #5BBE59 #598DBE #BD59BE

square

#BE8A59 #5BBE59 #598DBE #BD59BE

split-complementary

#BE8A59 #59BEBD #595BBE

monochromatic

#714D2C #9D6B3D #BE8A59 #CFA985 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BE8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BE8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A59

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A59	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac89',
    500: '#be8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a59;
$custom-light: #d4ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.109,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67355,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A59

secondary

#A4BACF

accent

#96D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A59

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

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