#BE8838#BE8838

#BE8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8838
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 12.91, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 51.13, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0323 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.116 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7552, 28.8435, 7.6882)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8838 #386EBE

analogous

#BE4538 #BE8838 #B1BE38

triadic

#BE8838 #38BE88 #8838BE

tetradic

#BE8838 #38BE45 #386EBE #BE38B1

square

#BE8838 #38BE45 #386EBE #BE38B1

split-complementary

#BE8838 #38B1BE #4538BE

monochromatic

#5F441C #8F662A #BE8838 #D1A462 #DFC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BE8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BE8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8838

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8838	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa73',
    500: '#be8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8838;
$custom-light: #d6aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66546,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8838

secondary

#88A3CA

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8838

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

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