#BE8939#BE8939

#BE8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8939
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 12.41, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 50.83, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.031 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.115 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9214, 29.1363, 7.8654)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8939 #396EBE

analogous

#BE4639 #BE8939 #B0BE39

triadic

#BE8939 #39BE89 #8939BE

tetradic

#BE8939 #39BE46 #396EBE #BE39B0

square

#BE8939 #39BE46 #396EBE #BE39B0

split-complementary

#BE8939 #39B0BE #4639BE

monochromatic

#60451D #8F672B #BE8939 #D0A564 #DFC093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BE8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BE8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8939

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8939	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab73',
    500: '#be8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8939;
$custom-light: #d6ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66751,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8939

secondary

#89A3CA

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8939

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

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