#BE8E53#BE8E53

#BE8E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E53
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 11.43, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 39.87, 73.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0317 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.096 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4713, 30.9199, 12.4398)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E53 #5383BE

analogous

#BE5853 #BE8E53 #B8BE53

triadic

#BE8E53 #53BE8E #8E53BE

tetradic

#BE8E53 #53BE58 #5383BE #BE53B8

square

#BE8E53 #53BE58 #5383BE #BE53B8

split-complementary

#BE8E53 #53B8BE #5853BE

monochromatic

#6D4F29 #9A6F3A #BE8E53 #CFAB7F #E0C8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BE8E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BE8E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E53

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E53	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af85',
    500: '#be8e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e53;
$custom-light: #d4af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.084,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68044,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E53

secondary

#9FB4CD

accent

#8DD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E53

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

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