#BE8B3A#BE8B3A

#BE8B3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B3A
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 11.36, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 50.67, 77.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0281 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.115 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2336, 29.7203, 8.0937)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B3A #3A6DBE

analogous

#BE493A #BE8B3A #AFBE3A

triadic

#BE8B3A #3ABE8B #8B3ABE

tetradic

#BE8B3A #3ABE49 #3A6DBE #BE3AAF

square

#BE8B3A #3ABE49 #3A6DBE #BE3AAF

split-complementary

#BE8B3A #3AAFBE #493ABE

monochromatic

#60461D #8F692C #BE8B3A #D0A765 #DEC294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B3A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B3A	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#9E8D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac74',
    500: '#be8b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b3a;
$custom-light: #d6ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67153,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B3A

secondary

#8AA3CA

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B3A

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

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