#BE8235#BE8235

#BE8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8235
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 16.06, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 51.82, 71.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0412 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.118 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8626, 27.1721, 7.0394)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8235 #3571BE

analogous

#BE3E35 #BE8235 #B5BE35

triadic

#BE8235 #35BE82 #8235BE

tetradic

#BE8235 #35BE3E #3571BE #BE35B5

square

#BE8235 #35BE3E #3571BE #BE35B5

split-complementary

#BE8235 #35B5BE #3E35BE

monochromatic

#5E411A #8E6128 #BE8235 #D29F5E #DFBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BE8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8235

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8235	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)

#96862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a670',
    500: '#be8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8235;
$custom-light: #d6a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.723,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8235

secondary

#85A3CA

accent

#8AE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8235

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

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