#BE8B26#BE8B26

#BE8B26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.127 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B26
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 80%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 10.45, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 58.42, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0229 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.127 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8198, 29.5548, 5.9148)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B26 #2659BE

analogous

#BE3F26 #BE8B26 #A5BE26

triadic

#BE8B26 #26BE8B #8B26BE

tetradic

#BE8B26 #26BE3F #2659BE #BE26A5

square

#BE8B26 #26BE3F #2659BE #BE26A5

split-complementary

#BE8B26 #26A5BE #3F26BE

monochromatic

#584012 #8B661C #BE8B26 #DAA947 #E4C17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BE8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B26

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B26	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.127 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac69',
    500: '#be8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b26;
$custom-light: #d7ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.868,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B26

secondary

#7491CC

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B26

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

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