#BE8835#BE8835

#BE8835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8835
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 12.75, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 52.38, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0314 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.118 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6841, 28.8150, 7.3133)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8835 #356BBE

analogous

#BE4335 #BE8835 #B0BE35

triadic

#BE8835 #35BE88 #8835BE

tetradic

#BE8835 #35BE43 #356BBE #BE35B0

square

#BE8835 #35BE43 #356BBE #BE35B0

split-complementary

#BE8835 #35B0BE #4335BE

monochromatic

#5E431A #8E6628 #BE8835 #D2A45E #DFBF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BE8835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BE8835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8835

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8835	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa71',
    500: '#be8835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8835;
$custom-light: #d6aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66519,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8835

secondary

#85A0CA

accent

#84E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8835

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

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