#BE8D45#BE8D45

#BE8D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.107 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D45
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 10.94, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 46.13, 76.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0283 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.107 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8362, 30.4289, 9.8257)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D45 #4576BE

analogous

#BE5045 #BE8D45 #B3BE45

triadic

#BE8D45 #45BE8D #8D45BE

tetradic

#BE8D45 #45BE50 #4576BE #BE45B3

square

#BE8D45 #45BE50 #4576BE #BE45B3

split-complementary

#BE8D45 #45B3BE #5045BE

monochromatic

#654B23 #936C33 #BE8D45 #CEA972 #DEC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BE8D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D45

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D45	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.107 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae7b',
    500: '#be8d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d45;
$custom-light: #d5ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.702,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67664,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D45

secondary

#95AACA

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D45

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

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