#BE8231#BE8231

#BE8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8231
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 15.87, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 53.43, 72.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.04 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.12 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7744, 27.1368, 6.5749)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8231 #316DBE

analogous

#BE3B31 #BE8231 #B4BE31

triadic

#BE8231 #31BE82 #8231BE

tetradic

#BE8231 #31BE3B #316DBE #BE31B4

square

#BE8231 #31BE3B #316DBE #BE31B4

split-complementary

#BE8231 #31B4BE #3B31BE

monochromatic

#5D3F18 #8D6124 #BE8231 #D49F58 #E1BB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BE8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BE8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8231

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8231	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a66e',
    500: '#be8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8231;
$custom-light: #d7a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65325,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8231

secondary

#80A0CA

accent

#88E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8231

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

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