#BE8B3E#BE8B3E

#BE8B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B3E
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 11.59, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 48.95, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0293 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.112 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3393, 29.7626, 8.6507)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B3E #3E71BE

analogous

#BE4B3E #BE8B3E #B1BE3E

triadic

#BE8B3E #3EBE8B #8B3EBE

tetradic

#BE8B3E #3EBE4B #3E71BE #BE3EB1

square

#BE8B3E #3EBE4B #3E71BE #BE3EB1

split-complementary

#BE8B3E #3EB1BE #4B3EBE

monochromatic

#624720 #90692F #BE8B3E #CFA76B #DEC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BE8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B3E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B3E	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac77',
    500: '#be8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b3e;
$custom-light: #d6ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67193,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B3E

secondary

#8EA6C9

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B3E

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

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