#BE8234#BE8234

#BE8234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8234
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 52)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 16.01, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 52.23, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0409 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.118 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8398, 27.1629, 6.9196)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8234 #3470BE

analogous

#BE3D34 #BE8234 #B5BE34

triadic

#BE8234 #34BE82 #8234BE

tetradic

#BE8234 #34BE3D #3470BE #BE34B5

square

#BE8234 #34BE3D #3470BE #BE34B5

split-complementary

#BE8234 #34B5BE #3D34BE

monochromatic

#5E401A #8E6127 #BE8234 #D39F5D #E0BC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BE8234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8234

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8234	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#96862A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a670',
    500: '#be8234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8234;
$custom-light: #d6a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65351,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8234

secondary

#84A2CA

accent

#8AE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8234

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

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