#BE8301#BE8301

#BE8301 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.136 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8301
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 1)
HSL	hsl(41, 99%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(41, 99%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 99.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 14.09, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 66.13, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0308 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.136 77)
XYZ	xyz(29.3593, 27.1846, 3.7296)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8301 #013CBE

analogous

#BE2501 #BE8301 #9ABE01

triadic

#BE8301 #01BE83 #8301BE

tetradic

#BE8301 #01BE25 #013CBE #BE019A

square

#BE8301 #01BE25 #013CBE #BE019A

split-complementary

#BE8301 #019ABE #2501BE

monochromatic

#442F00 #815901 #BE8301 #FBAD01 #FEC13B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8301 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BE8301 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8301

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8301	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8301	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)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7940D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8301;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.136 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a65c',
    500: '#be8301',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8301;
$custom-light: #d8a65c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8301",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.27,
    "s": 98.953,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65295,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.27182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8301

secondary

#3F70DC

accent

#6CFF29

background

#FEFAF5

surface

#FCF4E9

border

#D5CEC5

text

#160F05

muted

#847F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8301

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

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