#BE8836#BE8836

#BE8836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE8836
RGBrgb(190, 136, 54)
HSLhsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.63, 12.80, 50.36)
CIE-LCHlch(60.63, 51.97, 75.74°)
OKLaboklab(66.53% 0.0317 0.1127)
OKLCHoklch(66.53% 0.117 74.3)
XYZxyz(30.7073, 28.8243, 7.4357)
Luminance0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE8836 #366CBE
analogous
#BE4436 #BE8836 #B0BE36
triadic
#BE8836 #36BE88 #8836BE
tetradic
#BE8836 #36BE44 #366CBE #BE36B0
square
#BE8836 #36BE44 #366CBE #BE36B0
split-complementary
#BE8836 #36B0BE #4436BE
monochromatic
#5F441B #8E6628 #BE8836 #D2A460 #DFBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10
#BE8836 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76
#BE8836 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8836
6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE8836#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE88361.003.106.766.76
#FFFFFF3.101.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7621.001.001.00
##0000006.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8B2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89738
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF7A77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 74.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa71',
    500: '#be8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be8836;
$custom-light: #d6aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66528,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE8836
secondary
#86A1CA
accent
#84DF49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BE8836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva