#BE8E48#BE8E48

#BE8E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.105 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E48
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 10.59, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 44.92, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0277 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.105 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0798, 30.7633, 10.3779)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E48 #4878BE

analogous

#BE5348 #BE8E48 #B3BE48

triadic

#BE8E48 #48BE8E #8E48BE

tetradic

#BE8E48 #48BE53 #4878BE #BE48B3

square

#BE8E48 #48BE53 #4878BE #BE48B3

split-complementary

#BE8E48 #48B3BE #5348BE

monochromatic

#674C25 #946D35 #BE8E48 #CEAA75 #DEC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BE8E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E48

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E48	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)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.105 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af7d',
    500: '#be8e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e48;
$custom-light: #d5af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67898,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E48

secondary

#97ACCB

accent

#87D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E48

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

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