#BE8B35#BE8B35

#BE8B35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.118 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B35
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 11.10, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 52.75, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0266 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.118 77)
XYZ	xyz(31.1125, 29.6719, 7.4561)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B35 #3568BE

analogous

#BE4635 #BE8B35 #ADBE35

triadic

#BE8B35 #35BE8B #8B35BE

tetradic

#BE8B35 #35BE46 #3568BE #BE35AD

square

#BE8B35 #35BE46 #3568BE #BE35AD

split-complementary

#BE8B35 #35ADBE #4635BE

monochromatic

#5E451A #8E6828 #BE8B35 #D2A75E #DFC18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BE8B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B35

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B35	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)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.118 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac71',
    500: '#be8b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b35;
$custom-light: #d6ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67106,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.29669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B35

secondary

#859FCA

accent

#81E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B35

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

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