#BE8A2F#BE8A2F

#BE8A2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.122 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A2F
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 11.36, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 55.01, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0266 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.122 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8389, 29.3318, 6.7262)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A2F #2F63BE

analogous

#BE432F #BE8A2F #ABBE2F

triadic

#BE8A2F #2FBE8A #8A2FBE

tetradic

#BE8A2F #2FBE43 #2F63BE #BE2FAB

square

#BE8A2F #2FBE43 #2F63BE #BE2FAB

split-complementary

#BE8A2F #2FABBE #432FBE

monochromatic

#5C4317 #8D6623 #BE8A2F #D5A755 #E1C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BE8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A2F

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A2F	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.122 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6e',
    500: '#be8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a2f;
$custom-light: #d6ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6686,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A2F

secondary

#7E9ACB

accent

#7EE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A2F

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

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