#BE8B36#BE8B36

#BE8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B36
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 11.15, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 52.34, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0269 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.118 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1357, 29.6812, 7.5785)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B36 #3669BE

analogous

#BE4736 #BE8B36 #ADBE36

triadic

#BE8B36 #36BE8B #8B36BE

tetradic

#BE8B36 #36BE47 #3669BE #BE36AD

square

#BE8B36 #36BE47 #3669BE #BE36AD

split-complementary

#BE8B36 #36ADBE #4736BE

monochromatic

#5F451B #8E6828 #BE8B36 #D2A760 #DFC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B36

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B36	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac72',
    500: '#be8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b36;
$custom-light: #d6ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67115,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B36

secondary

#869FCA

accent

#81DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B36

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

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