#BE8938#BE8938

#BE8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8938
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 12.36, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 51.25, 76.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0307 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.116 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8967, 29.1265, 7.7353)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8938 #386DBE

analogous

#BE4638 #BE8938 #B0BE38

triadic

#BE8938 #38BE89 #8938BE

tetradic

#BE8938 #38BE46 #386DBE #BE38B0

square

#BE8938 #38BE46 #386DBE #BE38B0

split-complementary

#BE8938 #38B0BE #4638BE

monochromatic

#5F451C #8F672A #BE8938 #D1A562 #DFC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BE8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BE8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8938

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8938	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab73',
    500: '#be8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8938;
$custom-light: #d6ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8938

secondary

#88A2CA

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8938

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

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