#BE8B38#BE8B38

#BE8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B38
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 11.25, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 51.51, 77.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0275 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.116 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1837, 29.7003, 7.8310)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B38 #386BBE

analogous

#BE4838 #BE8B38 #AEBE38

triadic

#BE8B38 #38BE8B #8B38BE

tetradic

#BE8B38 #38BE48 #386BBE #BE38AE

square

#BE8B38 #38BE48 #386BBE #BE38AE

split-complementary

#BE8B38 #38AEBE #4838BE

monochromatic

#5F461C #8F682A #BE8B38 #D1A762 #DFC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B38

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B38	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)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac73',
    500: '#be8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b38;
$custom-light: #d6ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67134,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B38

secondary

#88A1CA

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B38

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

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