#BE8A6D#BE8A6D

#BE8A6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.076 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A6D
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 109)
HSL	hsl(21, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 16.15, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 28.39, 55.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0486 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.076 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0853, 30.2304, 18.5575)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A6D #6DA1BE

analogous

#BE6D78 #BE8A6D #BEB26D

triadic

#BE8A6D #6DBE8A #8A6DBE

tetradic

#BE8A6D #78BE6D #6DA1BE #B26DBE

square

#BE8A6D #78BE6D #6DA1BE #B26DBE

split-complementary

#BE8A6D #6DBEB2 #6D78BE

monochromatic

#7A4F36 #A56A49 #BE8A6D #D1AC97 #E4CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BE8A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BE8A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A6D

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A6D	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.076 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac97',
    500: '#be8a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a6d;
$custom-light: #d3ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.481,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67719,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A6D

secondary

#B3C8D3

accent

#A4CE59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A6D

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

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