#BE8D51#BE8D51

#BE8D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D51
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 11.82, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 40.66, 73.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0326 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.098 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2470, 30.5933, 11.9896)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D51 #5182BE

analogous

#BE5651 #BE8D51 #B8BE51

triadic

#BE8D51 #51BE8D #8D51BE

tetradic

#BE8D51 #51BE56 #5182BE #BE51B8

square

#BE8D51 #51BE56 #5182BE #BE51B8

split-complementary

#BE8D51 #51B8BE #5651BE

monochromatic

#6C4E28 #996E39 #BE8D51 #CFAA7E #DFC7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BE8D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D51

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D51	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae83',
    500: '#be8d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d51;
$custom-light: #d5ae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.028,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D51

secondary

#9EB3CD

accent

#8DD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D51

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →