#BE8531#BE8531

#BE8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8531
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 14.21, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 53.68, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0352 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.12 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.1793, 27.9465, 6.7099)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8531 #316ABE

analogous

#BE3F31 #BE8531 #B1BE31

triadic

#BE8531 #31BE85 #8531BE

tetradic

#BE8531 #31BE3F #316ABE #BE31B1

square

#BE8531 #31BE3F #316ABE #BE31B1

split-complementary

#BE8531 #31B1BE #3F31BE

monochromatic

#5D4118 #8D6324 #BE8531 #D4A258 #E1BD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BE8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BE8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8531

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8531	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86e',
    500: '#be8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8531;
$custom-light: #d6a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65901,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8531

secondary

#809ECA

accent

#85E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8531

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

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