#BE8A39#BE8A39

#BE8A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A39
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 11.86, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 50.96, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0294 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.115 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0642, 29.4220, 7.9130)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A39 #396DBE

analogous

#BE4739 #BE8A39 #AFBE39

triadic

#BE8A39 #39BE8A #8A39BE

tetradic

#BE8A39 #39BE47 #396DBE #BE39AF

square

#BE8A39 #39BE47 #396DBE #BE39AF

split-complementary

#BE8A39 #39AFBE #4739BE

monochromatic

#60461D #8F682B #BE8A39 #D0A664 #DFC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BE8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A39

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A39	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac73',
    500: '#be8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a39;
$custom-light: #d6ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66947,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A39

secondary

#89A2CA

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A39

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

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