#BE8A74#BE8A74

#BE8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.071 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A74
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 16.96, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 25.92, 49.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0515 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.071 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4773, 30.3872, 20.6216)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A74 #74A8BE

analogous

#BE7483 #BE8A74 #BEAF74

triadic

#BE8A74 #74BE8A #8A74BE

tetradic

#BE8A74 #83BE74 #74A8BE #AF74BE

square

#BE8A74 #83BE74 #74A8BE #AF74BE

split-complementary

#BE8A74 #74BEAF #7483BE

monochromatic

#7D4E3A #A7684E #BE8A74 #D2AD9E #E5D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BE8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BE8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A74

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A74	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.071 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac9c',
    500: '#be8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a74;
$custom-light: #d3ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67868,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A74

secondary

#B9CDD5

accent

#ABCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A74

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

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