#BE8D38#BE8D38

#BE8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D38
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 10.15, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 51.80, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0242 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.117 78)
XYZ	xyz(31.4759, 30.2848, 7.9284)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D38 #3869BE

analogous

#BE4A38 #BE8D38 #ACBE38

triadic

#BE8D38 #38BE8D #8D38BE

tetradic

#BE8D38 #38BE4A #3869BE #BE38AC

square

#BE8D38 #38BE4A #3869BE #BE38AC

split-complementary

#BE8D38 #38ACBE #4A38BE

monochromatic

#5F471C #8F6A2A #BE8D38 #D1A862 #DFC392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BE8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BE8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D38

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D38	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae73',
    500: '#be8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d38;
$custom-light: #d6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67528,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.30282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D38

secondary

#88A0CA

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D38

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

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