#BE8A33#BE8A33

#BE8A33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.119 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A33
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 11.55, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 53.43, 77.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0277 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.119 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9233, 29.3656, 7.1708)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A33 #3367BE

analogous

#BE4533 #BE8A33 #ACBE33

triadic

#BE8A33 #33BE8A #8A33BE

tetradic

#BE8A33 #33BE45 #3367BE #BE33AC

square

#BE8A33 #33BE45 #3367BE #BE33AC

split-complementary

#BE8A33 #33ACBE #4533BE

monochromatic

#5E4419 #8E6726 #BE8A33 #D3A65B #E0C08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BE8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BE8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A33

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A33	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)

#9D8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.119 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac70',
    500: '#be8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a33;
$custom-light: #d6ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66892,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A33

secondary

#839DCA

accent

#81E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A33

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

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