#BE8535#BE8535

#BE8535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8535
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 14.41, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 52.07, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0363 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.118 72)
XYZ	xyz(30.2675, 27.9818, 7.1744)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8535 #356EBE

analogous

#BE4035 #BE8535 #B3BE35

triadic

#BE8535 #35BE85 #8535BE

tetradic

#BE8535 #35BE40 #356EBE #BE35B3

square

#BE8535 #35BE40 #356EBE #BE35B3

split-complementary

#BE8535 #35B3BE #4035BE

monochromatic

#5E421A #8E6428 #BE8535 #D2A25E #DFBE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BE8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BE8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8535

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8535	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a871',
    500: '#be8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8535;
$custom-light: #d6a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8535

secondary

#85A2CA

accent

#87E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8535

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

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