#BE8B59#BE8B59

#BE8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.091 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B59
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 13.60, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 36.80, 68.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0389 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.091 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2727, 30.1359, 13.5663)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B59 #598CBE

analogous

#BE595A #BE8B59 #BEBE59

triadic

#BE8B59 #59BE8B #8B59BE

tetradic

#BE8B59 #5ABE59 #598CBE #BE59BE

square

#BE8B59 #5ABE59 #598CBE #BE59BE

split-complementary

#BE8B59 #59BEBE #595ABE

monochromatic

#714E2C #9D6C3D #BE8B59 #CFAA85 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BE8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BE8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B59

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B59	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.091 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac89',
    500: '#be8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b59;
$custom-light: #d4ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.703,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B59

secondary

#A4BACF

accent

#95D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B59

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

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