#BE8A35#BE8A35

#BE8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.118 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A35
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 11.65, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 52.62, 77.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0282 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.118 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9684, 29.3836, 7.4080)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A35 #3569BE

analogous

#BE4535 #BE8A35 #AEBE35

triadic

#BE8A35 #35BE8A #8A35BE

tetradic

#BE8A35 #35BE45 #3569BE #BE35AE

square

#BE8A35 #35BE45 #3569BE #BE35AE

split-complementary

#BE8A35 #35AEBE #4535BE

monochromatic

#5E441A #8E6728 #BE8A35 #D2A65E #DFC18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BE8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A35

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A35	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.118 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac71',
    500: '#be8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a35;
$custom-light: #d6ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6691,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A35

secondary

#859FCA

accent

#82E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A35

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

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