#BE8C25#BE8C25

#BE8C25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.127 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8C25
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 9.87, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 58.89, 80.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0211 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.127 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9494, 29.8393, 5.8794)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8C25 #2557BE

analogous

#BE3F25 #BE8C25 #A4BE25

triadic

#BE8C25 #25BE8C #8C25BE

tetradic

#BE8C25 #25BE3F #2557BE #BE25A4

square

#BE8C25 #25BE3F #2557BE #BE25A4

split-complementary

#BE8C25 #25A4BE #3F25BE

monochromatic

#584111 #8B661B #BE8C25 #DBAA45 #E5C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BE8C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BE8C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8C25

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8C25	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.127 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ad69',
    500: '#be8c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8c25;
$custom-light: #d7ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67186,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8C25

secondary

#7290CD

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8C25

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

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