#BE7438#BE7438

#BE7438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7438
RGB	rgb(190, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 23.93, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 50.38, 61.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0649 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.119 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1966, 23.7263, 6.8353)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7438 #3882BE

analogous

#BE383F #BE7438 #BEB738

triadic

#BE7438 #38BE74 #7438BE

tetradic

#BE7438 #3FBE38 #3882BE #B738BE

square

#BE7438 #3FBE38 #3882BE #B738BE

split-complementary

#BE7438 #38BEB7 #383FBE

monochromatic

#5F3A1C #8F572A #BE7438 #D19462 #DFB492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BE7438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BE7438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7438

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7438	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79c71',
    500: '#be7438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7438;
$custom-light: #d79c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62793,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7438

secondary

#88ACCA

accent

#9CDE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7438

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

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