#BE7738#BE7738

#BE7738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.118 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7738
RGB	rgb(190, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 22.29, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 50.29, 63.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.06 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.118 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5481, 24.4291, 6.9524)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7738 #387FBE

analogous

#BE383C #BE7738 #BEBA38

triadic

#BE7738 #38BE77 #7738BE

tetradic

#BE7738 #3CBE38 #387FBE #BA38BE

square

#BE7738 #3CBE38 #387FBE #BA38BE

split-complementary

#BE7738 #38BEBA #383CBE

monochromatic

#5F3C1C #8F592A #BE7738 #D19662 #DFB692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BE7738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#BE7738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7738

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7738	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79e71',
    500: '#be7738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7738;
$custom-light: #d79e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7738

secondary

#88ABCA

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7738

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

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