#BE8E44#BE8E44

#BE8E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E44
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 10.32, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 46.73, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0264 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.108 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9535, 30.7128, 9.7129)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E44 #4474BE

analogous

#BE5144 #BE8E44 #B1BE44

triadic

#BE8E44 #44BE8E #8E44BE

tetradic

#BE8E44 #44BE51 #4474BE #BE44B1

square

#BE8E44 #44BE51 #4474BE #BE44B1

split-complementary

#BE8E44 #44B1BE #5144BE

monochromatic

#654B23 #926D33 #BE8E44 #CEA971 #DEC59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BE8E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E44

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E44	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae7b',
    500: '#be8e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e44;
$custom-light: #d5ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6785,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E44

secondary

#94A9CA

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E44

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

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