#BE7538#BE7538

#BE7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7538
RGB	rgb(190, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 23.38, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 50.34, 62.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0633 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.119 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3125, 23.9581, 6.8739)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7538 #3881BE

analogous

#BE383E #BE7538 #BEB838

triadic

#BE7538 #38BE75 #7538BE

tetradic

#BE7538 #3EBE38 #3881BE #B838BE

square

#BE7538 #3EBE38 #3881BE #B838BE

split-complementary

#BE7538 #38BEB8 #383EBE

monochromatic

#5F3B1C #8F582A #BE7538 #D19562 #DFB592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BE7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BE7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7538

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7538	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79d71',
    500: '#be7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7538;
$custom-light: #d79d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62974,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7538

secondary

#88ACCA

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7538

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

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