#BE8A36#BE8A36

#BE8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A36
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 11.70, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 52.21, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0285 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.117 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9916, 29.3929, 7.5304)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A36 #366ABE

analogous

#BE4636 #BE8A36 #AEBE36

triadic

#BE8A36 #36BE8A #8A36BE

tetradic

#BE8A36 #36BE46 #366ABE #BE36AE

square

#BE8A36 #36BE46 #366ABE #BE36AE

split-complementary

#BE8A36 #36AEBE #4636BE

monochromatic

#5F451B #8E6728 #BE8A36 #D2A660 #DFC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BE8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A36

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A36	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)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac72',
    500: '#be8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a36;
$custom-light: #d6ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66919,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A36

secondary

#86A0CA

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A36

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

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