#BE8A40#BE8A40

#BE8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.111 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A40
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 12.27, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 47.94, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0315 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.111 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2511, 29.4967, 8.8970)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A40 #4074BE

analogous

#BE4B40 #BE8A40 #B3BE40

triadic

#BE8A40 #40BE8A #8A40BE

tetradic

#BE8A40 #40BE4B #4074BE #BE40B3

square

#BE8A40 #40BE4B #4074BE #BE40B3

split-complementary

#BE8A40 #40B3BE #4B40BE

monochromatic

#624721 #906931 #BE8A40 #CEA66D #DDC29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BE8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A40

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A40	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.111 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac78',
    500: '#be8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a40;
$custom-light: #d6ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67019,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A40

secondary

#90A8C9

accent

#88D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A40

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

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