#BE7838#BE7838

#BE7838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7838
RGB	rgb(190, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 21.73, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 50.28, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0584 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.118 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6677, 24.6684, 6.9923)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7838 #387EBE

analogous

#BE383B #BE7838 #BEBB38

triadic

#BE7838 #38BE78 #7838BE

tetradic

#BE7838 #3BBE38 #387EBE #BB38BE

square

#BE7838 #3BBE38 #387EBE #BB38BE

split-complementary

#BE7838 #38BEBB #383BBE

monochromatic

#5F3C1C #8F5A2A #BE7838 #D19762 #DFB692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BE7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BE7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7838

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7838	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79f72',
    500: '#be7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7838;
$custom-light: #d79f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7838

secondary

#88AACA

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7838

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

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