Orange Brown#BE6400

#BE6400 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.145 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Orange Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#BE6400
RGB	rgb(190, 100, 0)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(32, 100%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 100%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 31.00, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 67.65, 62.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.0799 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.145 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7950, 20.0646, 2.5145)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE6400 #005ABE

analogous

#BE0500 #BE6400 #B9BE00

triadic

#BE6400 #00BE64 #6400BE

tetradic

#BE6400 #00BE05 #005ABE #BE00B9

square

#BE6400 #00BE05 #005ABE #BE00B9

split-complementary

#BE6400 #00B9BE #0500BE

monochromatic

#442400 #814400 #BE6400 #FB8400 #FFA139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BE6400 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#BE6400 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE6400

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE6400	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE6400	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958400

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be6400;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 100, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.145 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9156',
    500: '#be6400',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be6400;
$custom-light: #da9156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be6400",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5969,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE6400

secondary

#3D89DD

accent

#8EFF29

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0E9

border

#D5CBC5

text

#160D04

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE6400

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →