#BE8A25#BE8A25

#BE8A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.127 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A25
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 10.97, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 58.63, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0243 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.127 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.6598, 29.2602, 5.7829)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A25 #2559BE

analogous

#BE3E25 #BE8A25 #A6BE25

triadic

#BE8A25 #25BE8A #8A25BE

tetradic

#BE8A25 #25BE3E #2559BE #BE25A6

square

#BE8A25 #25BE3E #2559BE #BE25A6

split-complementary

#BE8A25 #25A6BE #3E25BE

monochromatic

#584011 #8B651B #BE8A25 #DBA845 #E5C079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BE8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A25

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A25	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.127 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab68',
    500: '#be8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a25;
$custom-light: #d7ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66791,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.29258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A25

secondary

#7291CD

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A25

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

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