#BE8E46#BE8E46

#BE8E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.107 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E46
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 10.45, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 45.83, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.027 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.107 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0156, 30.7377, 10.0399)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E46 #4676BE

analogous

#BE5246 #BE8E46 #B2BE46

triadic

#BE8E46 #46BE8E #8E46BE

tetradic

#BE8E46 #46BE52 #4676BE #BE46B2

square

#BE8E46 #46BE52 #4676BE #BE46B2

split-complementary

#BE8E46 #46B2BE #5246BE

monochromatic

#664B24 #936D34 #BE8E46 #CEAA73 #DEC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BE8E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E46

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E46	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.107 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af7c',
    500: '#be8e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e46;
$custom-light: #d5af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67873,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E46

secondary

#95ABCA

accent

#86D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E46

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

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