#BE8A38#BE8A38

#BE8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.116 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A38
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 11.80, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 51.38, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0291 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.116 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0395, 29.4121, 7.7829)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A38 #386CBE

analogous

#BE4738 #BE8A38 #AFBE38

triadic

#BE8A38 #38BE8A #8A38BE

tetradic

#BE8A38 #38BE47 #386CBE #BE38AF

square

#BE8A38 #38BE47 #386CBE #BE38AF

split-complementary

#BE8A38 #38AFBE #4738BE

monochromatic

#5F451C #8F682A #BE8A38 #D1A662 #DFC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BE8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A38

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A38	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.116 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac73',
    500: '#be8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a38;
$custom-light: #d6ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A38

secondary

#88A2CA

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A38

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

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