#BE8638#BE8638

#BE8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8638
RGB	rgb(190, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 14.01, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 50.92, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0355 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.116 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4762, 28.2854, 7.5951)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8638 #3870BE

analogous

#BE4338 #BE8638 #B3BE38

triadic

#BE8638 #38BE86 #8638BE

tetradic

#BE8638 #38BE43 #3870BE #BE38B3

square

#BE8638 #38BE43 #3870BE #BE38B3

split-complementary

#BE8638 #38B3BE #4338BE

monochromatic

#5F431C #8F652A #BE8638 #D1A362 #DFBF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BE8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BE8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8638

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8638	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a972',
    500: '#be8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8638;
$custom-light: #d6a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66158,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8638

secondary

#88A4CA

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8638

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

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