#BE8E4E#BE8E4E

#BE8E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E4E
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 11.03, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 42.17, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0299 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.1 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2851, 30.8455, 11.4596)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E4E #4E7EBE

analogous

#BE564E #BE8E4E #B6BE4E

triadic

#BE8E4E #4EBE8E #8E4EBE

tetradic

#BE8E4E #4EBE56 #4E7EBE #BE4EB6

square

#BE8E4E #4EBE56 #4E7EBE #BE4EB6

split-complementary

#BE8E4E #4EB6BE #564EBE

monochromatic

#6A4E27 #976E38 #BE8E4E #CEAB7B #DFC7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BE8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BE8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E4E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E4E	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af81',
    500: '#be8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e4e;
$custom-light: #d5af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67974,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E4E

secondary

#9CB0CC

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E4E

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

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