#BE8E45#BE8E45

#BE8E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E45
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 10.39, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 46.28, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0267 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.107 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9843, 30.7251, 9.8750)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E45 #4575BE

analogous

#BE5145 #BE8E45 #B2BE45

triadic

#BE8E45 #45BE8E #8E45BE

tetradic

#BE8E45 #45BE51 #4575BE #BE45B2

square

#BE8E45 #45BE51 #4575BE #BE45B2

split-complementary

#BE8E45 #45B2BE #5145BE

monochromatic

#654B23 #936D33 #BE8E45 #CEAA72 #DEC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BE8E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E45

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E45	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)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae7b',
    500: '#be8e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e45;
$custom-light: #d5ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67862,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E45

secondary

#95AACA

accent

#86D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E45

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

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