#BE8A2A#BE8A2A

#BE8A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.124 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A2A
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 11.15, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 56.88, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0254 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.124 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7438, 29.2938, 6.2251)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A2A #2A5EBE

analogous

#BE402A #BE8A2A #A8BE2A

triadic

#BE8A2A #2ABE8A #8A2ABE

tetradic

#BE8A2A #2ABE40 #2A5EBE #BE2AA8

square

#BE8A2A #2ABE40 #2A5EBE #BE2AA8

split-complementary

#BE8A2A #2AA8BE #402ABE

monochromatic

#5A4114 #8C661F #BE8A2A #D8A74D #E3C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BE8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A2A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A2A	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.124 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab6b',
    500: '#be8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a2a;
$custom-light: #d7ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66823,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A2A

secondary

#7896CB

accent

#7BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A2A

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

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