#BE8438#BE8438

#BE8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8438
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 15.11, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 50.74, 72.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0388 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.116 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2024, 27.7378, 7.5039)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8438 #3872BE

analogous

#BE4138 #BE8438 #B5BE38

triadic

#BE8438 #38BE84 #8438BE

tetradic

#BE8438 #38BE41 #3872BE #BE38B5

square

#BE8438 #38BE41 #3872BE #BE38B5

split-complementary

#BE8438 #38B5BE #4138BE

monochromatic

#5F421C #8F632A #BE8438 #D1A162 #DFBD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BE8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BE8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8438

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8438	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a772',
    500: '#be8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8438;
$custom-light: #d6a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65772,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8438

secondary

#88A4CA

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8438

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

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