#BE8238#BE8238

#BE8238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8238
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 16.22, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 50.59, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.042 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.116 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9338, 27.2005, 7.4143)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8238 #3874BE

analogous

#BE3F38 #BE8238 #B7BE38

triadic

#BE8238 #38BE82 #8238BE

tetradic

#BE8238 #38BE3F #3874BE #BE38B7

square

#BE8238 #38BE3F #3874BE #BE38B7

split-complementary

#BE8238 #38B7BE #3F38BE

monochromatic

#5F411C #8F622A #BE8238 #D19F62 #DFBC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BE8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8238

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8238	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)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a672',
    500: '#be8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8238;
$custom-light: #d6a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65389,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8238

secondary

#88A5CA

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8238

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

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