#BE6538#BE6538

#BE6538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.129 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE6538
RGB	rgb(190, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 32.05, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 51.75, 51.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0894 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.129 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6050, 20.5431, 6.3048)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE6538 #3891BE

analogous

#BE384E #BE6538 #BEA838

triadic

#BE6538 #38BE65 #6538BE

tetradic

#BE6538 #4EBE38 #3891BE #A838BE

square

#BE6538 #4EBE38 #3891BE #A838BE

split-complementary

#BE6538 #38BEA8 #384EBE

monochromatic

#5F331C #8F4C2A #BE6538 #D18762 #DFAC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BE6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BE6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE6538

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE6538	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.129 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79270',
    500: '#be6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be6538;
$custom-light: #d79270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.149,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60203,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE6538

secondary

#88B4CA

accent

#ACDE4A

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE6538

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

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