#BE822B#BE822B

#BE822B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE822B
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 15.60, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 55.73, 73.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0385 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.123 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6561, 27.0895, 5.9519)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE822B #2B67BE

analogous

#BE382B #BE822B #B0BE2B

triadic

#BE822B #2BBE82 #822BBE

tetradic

#BE822B #2BBE38 #2B67BE #BE2BB0

square

#BE822B #2BBE38 #2B67BE #BE2BB0

split-complementary

#BE822B #2BB0BE #382BBE

monochromatic

#5A3E14 #8C6020 #BE822B #D7A04F #E2BB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BE822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BE822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE822B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE822B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a66b',
    500: '#be822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be822b;
$custom-light: #d7a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65277,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE822B

secondary

#7A9BCB

accent

#85E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE822B

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

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