#BE8A34#BE8A34

#BE8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.119 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A34
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 11.60, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 53.03, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0279 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.119 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9456, 29.3745, 7.2882)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A34 #3468BE

analogous

#BE4534 #BE8A34 #ADBE34

triadic

#BE8A34 #34BE8A #8A34BE

tetradic

#BE8A34 #34BE45 #3468BE #BE34AD

square

#BE8A34 #34BE45 #3468BE #BE34AD

split-complementary

#BE8A34 #34ADBE #4534BE

monochromatic

#5E441A #8E6727 #BE8A34 #D3A65D #E0C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BE8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A34

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A34	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	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)

#9D8C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.119 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac70',
    500: '#be8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a34;
$custom-light: #d6ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66901,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A34

secondary

#849ECA

accent

#81E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A34

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

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