#BE5E38#BE5E38

#BE5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.134 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E38
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 35.73, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 52.88, 47.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1006 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.134 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9541, 19.2412, 6.0878)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E38 #3898BE

analogous

#BE3855 #BE5E38 #BEA138

triadic

#BE5E38 #38BE5E #5E38BE

tetradic

#BE5E38 #55BE38 #3898BE #A138BE

square

#BE5E38 #55BE38 #3898BE #A138BE

split-complementary

#BE5E38 #38BEA1 #3855BE

monochromatic

#5F2F1C #8F472A #BE5E38 #D18262 #DFA892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BE5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BE5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E38

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E38	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.134 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88d70',
    500: '#be5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e38;
$custom-light: #d88d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E38

secondary

#88B7CA

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E38

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

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