#BE8C27#BE8C27

#BE8C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.126 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8C27
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 79.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 9.94, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 58.21, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0215 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.126 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9816, 29.8522, 6.0494)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8C27 #2759BE

analogous

#BE4027 #BE8C27 #A5BE27

triadic

#BE8C27 #27BE8C #8C27BE

tetradic

#BE8C27 #27BE40 #2759BE #BE27A5

square

#BE8C27 #27BE40 #2759BE #BE27A5

split-complementary

#BE8C27 #27A5BE #4027BE

monochromatic

#584112 #8B671D #BE8C27 #DAAA49 #E4C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BE8C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BE8C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8C27

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8C27	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)

#A08D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.126 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ad6a',
    500: '#be8c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8c27;
$custom-light: #d7ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.132,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8C27

secondary

#7592CC

accent

#77E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8C27

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

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