#BE8B49#BE8B49

#BE8B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B49
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 12.32, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 44.05, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0329 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.104 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6723, 29.8958, 10.4044)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B49 #497CBE

analogous

#BE5149 #BE8B49 #B7BE49

triadic

#BE8B49 #49BE8B #8B49BE

tetradic

#BE8B49 #49BE51 #497CBE #BE49B7

square

#BE8B49 #49BE51 #497CBE #BE49B7

split-complementary

#BE8B49 #49B7BE #5149BE

monochromatic

#684B25 #956B35 #BE8B49 #CEA876 #DEC4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BE8B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BE8B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B49

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B49	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac7e',
    500: '#be8b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b49;
$custom-light: #d5ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B49

secondary

#98AECB

accent

#8BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B49

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

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