#BE8338#BE8338

#BE8338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8338
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 15.67, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 50.66, 71.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0404 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.116 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0674, 27.4678, 7.4589)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8338 #3873BE

analogous

#BE4038 #BE8338 #B6BE38

triadic

#BE8338 #38BE83 #8338BE

tetradic

#BE8338 #38BE40 #3873BE #BE38B6

square

#BE8338 #38BE40 #3873BE #BE38B6

split-complementary

#BE8338 #38B6BE #4038BE

monochromatic

#5F421C #8F622A #BE8338 #D1A062 #DFBD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BE8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BE8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8338

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8338	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a772',
    500: '#be8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8338;
$custom-light: #d6a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.582,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6558,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8338

secondary

#88A5CA

accent

#8BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8338

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

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