#BE7231#BE7231

#BE7231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7231
RGB	rgb(190, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 24.68, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 53.20, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0661 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.124 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8092, 23.2064, 5.9199)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7231 #317DBE

analogous

#BE3136 #BE7231 #BEB931

triadic

#BE7231 #31BE72 #7231BE

tetradic

#BE7231 #36BE31 #317DBE #B931BE

square

#BE7231 #36BE31 #317DBE #B931BE

split-complementary

#BE7231 #31BEB9 #3136BE

monochromatic

#5D3818 #8D5524 #BE7231 #D49158 #E1B189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BE7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BE7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7231

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7231	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D06164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79b6d',
    500: '#be7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7231;
$custom-light: #d79b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.66,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7231

secondary

#80A8CA

accent

#9AE246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7231

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

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