#BE8C4E#BE8C4E

#BE8C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8C4E
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 12.14, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 41.90, 73.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0331 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.1 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9902, 30.2557, 11.3613)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8C4E #4E80BE

analogous

#BE544E #BE8C4E #B8BE4E

triadic

#BE8C4E #4EBE8C #8C4EBE

tetradic

#BE8C4E #4EBE54 #4E80BE #BE4EB8

square

#BE8C4E #4EBE54 #4E80BE #BE4EB8

split-complementary

#BE8C4E #4EB8BE #544EBE

monochromatic

#6A4C27 #976D38 #BE8C4E #CEA97B #DFC6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BE8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BE8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8C4E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8C4E	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)

#9D8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad81',
    500: '#be8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8c4e;
$custom-light: #d5ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.214,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8C4E

secondary

#9CB1CC

accent

#8DD652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8C4E

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