#BE8D36#BE8D36

#BE8D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.118 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D36
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 10.05, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 52.63, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0237 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.118 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4280, 30.2656, 7.6759)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D36 #3667BE

analogous

#BE4936 #BE8D36 #ABBE36

triadic

#BE8D36 #36BE8D #8D36BE

tetradic

#BE8D36 #36BE49 #3667BE #BE36AB

square

#BE8D36 #36BE49 #3667BE #BE36AB

split-complementary

#BE8D36 #36ABBE #4936BE

monochromatic

#5F461B #8E6A28 #BE8D36 #D2A960 #DFC28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BE8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BE8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D36

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D36	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.118 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae72',
    500: '#be8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d36;
$custom-light: #d6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D36

secondary

#869ECA

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D36

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

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