#BE8840#BE8840

#BE8840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8840
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 13.37, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 47.71, 73.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0348 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.11 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9668, 28.9281, 8.8022)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8840 #4076BE

analogous

#BE4940 #BE8840 #B5BE40

triadic

#BE8840 #40BE88 #8840BE

tetradic

#BE8840 #40BE49 #4076BE #BE40B5

square

#BE8840 #40BE49 #4076BE #BE40B5

split-complementary

#BE8840 #40B5BE #4940BE

monochromatic

#624621 #906731 #BE8840 #CEA56D #DDC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BE8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BE8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8840

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8840	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa78',
    500: '#be8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8840;
$custom-light: #d6aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66629,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8840

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8AD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8840

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

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