#BE8440#BE8440

#BE8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8440
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 15.58, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 47.33, 70.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0413 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.11 68)
XYZ	xyz(30.4139, 27.8224, 8.6179)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8440 #407ABE

analogous

#BE4540 #BE8440 #B9BE40

triadic

#BE8440 #40BE84 #8440BE

tetradic

#BE8440 #40BE45 #407ABE #BE40B9

square

#BE8440 #40BE45 #407ABE #BE40B9

split-complementary

#BE8440 #40B9BE #4540BE

monochromatic

#624421 #906431 #BE8440 #CEA16D #DDBF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BE8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BE8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8440

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8440	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a777',
    500: '#be8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8440;
$custom-light: #d6a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65857,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.2782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8440

secondary

#90ABC9

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8440

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

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