#BE8D3B#BE8D3B

#BE8D3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D3B
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 10.32, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 50.53, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0251 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.115 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5515, 30.3150, 8.3264)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D3B #3B6CBE

analogous

#BE4C3B #BE8D3B #AEBE3B

triadic

#BE8D3B #3BBE8D #8D3BBE

tetradic

#BE8D3B #3BBE4C #3B6CBE #BE3BAE

square

#BE8D3B #3BBE4C #3B6CBE #BE3BAE

split-complementary

#BE8D3B #3BAEBE #4C3BBE

monochromatic

#61481E #8F6A2C #BE8D3B #D0A867 #DEC395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BE8D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BE8D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D3B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D3B	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A08F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae75',
    500: '#be8d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d3b;
$custom-light: #d6ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67557,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D3B

secondary

#8BA3CA

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D3B

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

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