#BE8A3E#BE8A3E

#BE8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.112 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A3E
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 12.14, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 48.82, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0309 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.112 74)
XYZ	xyz(31.1952, 29.4743, 8.6026)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A3E #3E72BE

analogous

#BE4A3E #BE8A3E #B2BE3E

triadic

#BE8A3E #3EBE8A #8A3EBE

tetradic

#BE8A3E #3EBE4A #3E72BE #BE3EB2

square

#BE8A3E #3EBE4A #3E72BE #BE3EB2

split-complementary

#BE8A3E #3EB2BE #4A3EBE

monochromatic

#624720 #90682F #BE8A3E #CFA66B #DEC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BE8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A3E

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A3E	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)

#9D8C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.112 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac77',
    500: '#be8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a3e;
$custom-light: #d6ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66997,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A3E

secondary

#8EA6C9

accent

#87DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A3E

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

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