#BE8740#BE8740

#BE8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8740
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 13.92, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 47.60, 72.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0364 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.11 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8266, 28.6477, 8.7555)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8740 #4077BE

analogous

#BE4840 #BE8740 #B6BE40

triadic

#BE8740 #40BE87 #8740BE

tetradic

#BE8740 #40BE48 #4077BE #BE40B6

square

#BE8740 #40BE48 #4077BE #BE40B6

split-complementary

#BE8740 #40B6BE #4840BE

monochromatic

#624621 #906631 #BE8740 #CEA46D #DDC09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BE8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BE8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8740

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8740	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa78',
    500: '#be8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8740;
$custom-light: #d6aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66435,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8740

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8740

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

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