#BE8738#BE8738

#BE8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8738
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 13.46, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 51.02, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0339 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.116 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.6151, 28.5631, 7.6414)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8738 #386FBE

analogous

#BE4438 #BE8738 #B2BE38

triadic

#BE8738 #38BE87 #8738BE

tetradic

#BE8738 #38BE44 #386FBE #BE38B2

square

#BE8738 #38BE44 #386FBE #BE38B2

split-complementary

#BE8738 #38B2BE #4438BE

monochromatic

#5F441C #8F652A #BE8738 #D1A362 #DFBF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BE8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BE8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8738

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8738	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a973',
    500: '#be8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8738;
$custom-light: #d6a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66352,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.28561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8738

secondary

#88A3CA

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8738

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

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