#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
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 12.80, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 51.97, 75.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0317 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.117 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7073, 28.8243, 7.4357)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##BE8836	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#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

Preview with #BE8836

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

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