#BE8B2A#BE8B2A

#BE8B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B2A
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 10.60, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 57.01, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0238 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.125 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.8879, 29.5820, 6.2731)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B2A #2A5DBE

analogous

#BE412A #BE8B2A #A7BE2A

triadic

#BE8B2A #2ABE8B #8B2ABE

tetradic

#BE8B2A #2ABE41 #2A5DBE #BE2AA7

square

#BE8B2A #2ABE41 #2A5DBE #BE2AA7

split-complementary

#BE8B2A #2AA7BE #412ABE

monochromatic

#5A4214 #8C661F #BE8B2A #D8A84D #E3C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BE8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B2A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B2A	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6b',
    500: '#be8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b2a;
$custom-light: #d6ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6702,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.2958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B2A

secondary

#7895CB

accent

#7AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B2A

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

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