#BE8236#BE8236

#BE8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8236
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 16.11, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 51.41, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0414 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.117 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8858, 27.1813, 7.1619)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8236 #3672BE

analogous

#BE3E36 #BE8236 #B6BE36

triadic

#BE8236 #36BE82 #8236BE

tetradic

#BE8236 #36BE3E #3672BE #BE36B6

square

#BE8236 #36BE3E #3672BE #BE36B6

split-complementary

#BE8236 #36B6BE #3E36BE

monochromatic

#5F411B #8E6128 #BE8236 #D29F60 #DFBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BE8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8236

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8236	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a671',
    500: '#be8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8236;
$custom-light: #d6a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8236

secondary

#86A4CA

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8236

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

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