#BE8B33#BE8B33

#BE8B33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B33
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 11.00, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 53.56, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.0261 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.119 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0674, 29.6538, 7.2188)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B33 #3366BE

analogous

#BE4633 #BE8B33 #ABBE33

triadic

#BE8B33 #33BE8B #8B33BE

tetradic

#BE8B33 #33BE46 #3366BE #BE33AB

square

#BE8B33 #33BE46 #3366BE #BE33AB

split-complementary

#BE8B33 #33ABBE #4633BE

monochromatic

#5E4419 #8E6826 #BE8B33 #D3A75B #E0C18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BE8B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B33

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B33	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac70',
    500: '#be8b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b33;
$custom-light: #d6ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67089,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B33

secondary

#839DCA

accent

#7FE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B33

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

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