#BE8538#BE8538

#BE8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8538
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 14.56, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 50.83, 73.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0372 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.116 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3386, 28.0103, 7.5493)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8538 #3871BE

analogous

#BE4238 #BE8538 #B4BE38

triadic

#BE8538 #38BE85 #8538BE

tetradic

#BE8538 #38BE42 #3871BE #BE38B4

square

#BE8538 #38BE42 #3871BE #BE38B4

split-complementary

#BE8538 #38B4BE #4238BE

monochromatic

#5F431C #8F642A #BE8538 #D1A262 #DFBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BE8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BE8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8538

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8538	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)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a872',
    500: '#be8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8538;
$custom-light: #d6a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65965,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8538

secondary

#88A4CA

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8538

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

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