#BE8E50#BE8E50

#BE8E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.099 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E50
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 11.19, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 41.25, 74.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0306 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.099 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3579, 30.8746, 11.8430)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E50 #5080BE

analogous

#BE5750 #BE8E50 #B7BE50

triadic

#BE8E50 #50BE8E #8E50BE

tetradic

#BE8E50 #50BE57 #5080BE #BE50B7

square

#BE8E50 #50BE57 #5080BE #BE50B7

split-complementary

#BE8E50 #50B7BE #5750BE

monochromatic

#6C4E28 #986E39 #BE8E50 #CFAB7D #DFC8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BE8E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BE8E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E50

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E50	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)

#9F904A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.099 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af83',
    500: '#be8e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e50;
$custom-light: #d5af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68002,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E50

secondary

#9DB2CD

accent

#8CD552

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E50

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

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