#BE8A61#BE8A61

#BE8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.085 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A61
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 14.90, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 33.23, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0437 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.085 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4829, 29.9894, 15.3846)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A61 #6195BE

analogous

#BE6167 #BE8A61 #BEB961

triadic

#BE8A61 #61BE8A #8A61BE

tetradic

#BE8A61 #67BE61 #6195BE #B961BE

square

#BE8A61 #67BE61 #6195BE #B961BE

split-complementary

#BE8A61 #61BEB9 #6167BE

monochromatic

#754E30 #A06B42 #BE8A61 #D0AA8C #E2CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BE8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BE8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A61

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A61	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.085 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac8e',
    500: '#be8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a61;
$custom-light: #d4ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.452,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6749,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A61

secondary

#AAC0D1

accent

#9BD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A61

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

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