#BE8A3C#BE8A3C

#BE8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.113 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A3C
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 12.03, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 49.68, 75.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0303 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.113 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1413, 29.4528, 8.3189)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A3C #3C70BE

analogous

#BE493C #BE8A3C #B1BE3C

triadic

#BE8A3C #3CBE8A #8A3CBE

tetradic

#BE8A3C #3CBE49 #3C70BE #BE3CB1

square

#BE8A3C #3CBE49 #3C70BE #BE3CB1

split-complementary

#BE8A3C #3CB1BE #493CBE

monochromatic

#61461F #8F682D #BE8A3C #CFA668 #DEC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BE8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A3C

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A3C	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)

#9D8C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.113 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac75',
    500: '#be8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a3c;
$custom-light: #d6ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66976,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A3C

secondary

#8CA5CA

accent

#86DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A3C

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

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