#BE8A31#BE8A31

#BE8A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.120 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A31
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 11.45, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 54.23, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0271 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.12 77)
XYZ	xyz(30.8802, 29.3483, 6.9435)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A31 #3165BE

analogous

#BE4331 #BE8A31 #ACBE31

triadic

#BE8A31 #31BE8A #8A31BE

tetradic

#BE8A31 #31BE43 #3165BE #BE31AC

square

#BE8A31 #31BE43 #3165BE #BE31AC

split-complementary

#BE8A31 #31ACBE #4331BE

monochromatic

#5D4318 #8D6724 #BE8A31 #D4A658 #E1C089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BE8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A31

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A31	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)

#9E8C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.120 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6f',
    500: '#be8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a31;
$custom-light: #d6ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66876,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.29346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A31

secondary

#809CCA

accent

#7FE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A31

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

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