#BE8C2F#BE8C2F

#BE8C2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8C2F
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 10.26, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 55.28, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0234 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.122 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1285, 29.9110, 6.8227)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8C2F #2F61BE

analogous

#BE452F #BE8C2F #A9BE2F

triadic

#BE8C2F #2FBE8C #8C2FBE

tetradic

#BE8C2F #2FBE45 #2F61BE #BE2FA9

square

#BE8C2F #2FBE45 #2F61BE #BE2FA9

split-complementary

#BE8C2F #2FA9BE #452FBE

monochromatic

#5C4417 #8D6823 #BE8C2F #D5A855 #E1C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BE8C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BE8C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8C2F

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8C2F	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad6e',
    500: '#be8c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8c2f;
$custom-light: #d6ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8C2F

secondary

#7E99CB

accent

#7CE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8C2F

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