#BE8B40#BE8B40

#BE8B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.111 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B40
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 11.72, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 48.07, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0299 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.111 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3952, 29.7849, 8.9450)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B40 #4073BE

analogous

#BE4C40 #BE8B40 #B2BE40

triadic

#BE8B40 #40BE8B #8B40BE

tetradic

#BE8B40 #40BE4C #4073BE #BE40B2

square

#BE8B40 #40BE4C #4073BE #BE40B2

split-complementary

#BE8B40 #40B2BE #4C40BE

monochromatic

#624821 #906A31 #BE8B40 #CEA76D #DDC39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B40

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B40	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.111 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac78',
    500: '#be8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b40;
$custom-light: #d5ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67215,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B40

secondary

#90A7C9

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B40

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

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