#BE8A3B#BE8A3B

#BE8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.114 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A3B
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 11.97, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 50.11, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.03 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.114 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1151, 29.4423, 8.1810)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A3B #3B6FBE

analogous

#BE493B #BE8A3B #B1BE3B

triadic

#BE8A3B #3BBE8A #8A3BBE

tetradic

#BE8A3B #3BBE49 #3B6FBE #BE3BB1

square

#BE8A3B #3BBE49 #3B6FBE #BE3BB1

split-complementary

#BE8A3B #3BB1BE #493BBE

monochromatic

#61461E #8F682C #BE8A3B #D0A667 #DEC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BE8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A3B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A3B	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.114 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac75',
    500: '#be8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a3b;
$custom-light: #d6ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66966,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A3B

secondary

#8BA4CA

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A3B

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

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