#BE8436#BE8436

#BE8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8436
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 15.01, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 51.57, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0382 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.117 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1544, 27.7186, 7.2514)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8436 #3670BE

analogous

#BE4036 #BE8436 #B4BE36

triadic

#BE8436 #36BE84 #8436BE

tetradic

#BE8436 #36BE40 #3670BE #BE36B4

square

#BE8436 #36BE40 #3670BE #BE36B4

split-complementary

#BE8436 #36B4BE #4036BE

monochromatic

#5F421B #8E6328 #BE8436 #D2A160 #DFBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BE8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BE8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8436

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8436	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a771',
    500: '#be8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8436;
$custom-light: #d6a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.412,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65753,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8436

secondary

#86A3CA

accent

#89DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8436

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

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