#BE8C33#BE8C33

#BE8C33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.120 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8C33
RGB	rgb(190, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, 10.45, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 53.70, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.0245 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.12 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2129, 29.9448, 7.2673)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8C33 #3365BE

analogous

#BE4633 #BE8C33 #ABBE33

triadic

#BE8C33 #33BE8C #8C33BE

tetradic

#BE8C33 #33BE46 #3365BE #BE33AB

square

#BE8C33 #33BE46 #3365BE #BE33AB

split-complementary

#BE8C33 #33ABBE #4633BE

monochromatic

#5E4519 #8E6826 #BE8C33 #D3A85B #E0C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BE8C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BE8C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8C33

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8C33	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.120 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad70',
    500: '#be8c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8c33;
$custom-light: #d6ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67286,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8C33

secondary

#839CCA

accent

#7EE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8C33

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

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