#BE8940#BE8940

#BE8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.110 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8940
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 12.82, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 47.82, 74.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0332 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.11 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1083, 29.2111, 8.8494)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8940 #4075BE

analogous

#BE4A40 #BE8940 #B4BE40

triadic

#BE8940 #40BE89 #8940BE

tetradic

#BE8940 #40BE4A #4075BE #BE40B4

square

#BE8940 #40BE4A #4075BE #BE40B4

split-complementary

#BE8940 #40B4BE #4A40BE

monochromatic

#624721 #906831 #BE8940 #CEA56D #DDC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BE8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BE8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8940

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8940	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.110 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab78',
    500: '#be8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8940;
$custom-light: #d6ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66823,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8940

secondary

#90A8C9

accent

#89D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8940

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

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