#BE8A78#BE8A78

#BE8A78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.069 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A78
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 17.44, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 24.68, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0531 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.069 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7150, 30.4822, 21.8735)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A78 #78ACBE

analogous

#BE7889 #BE8A78 #BEAD78

triadic

#BE8A78 #78BE8A #8A78BE

tetradic

#BE8A78 #89BE78 #78ACBE #AD78BE

square

#BE8A78 #89BE78 #78ACBE #AD78BE

split-complementary

#BE8A78 #78BEAD #7889BE

monochromatic

#7F4E3D #A86751 #BE8A78 #D2AEA1 #E6D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BE8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A78

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A78	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.069 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac9f',
    500: '#be8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a78;
$custom-light: #d3ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67957,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A78

secondary

#BCCFD6

accent

#8FAE38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A78

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

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