#BE8D3E#BE8D3E

#BE8D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.112 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D3E
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 10.49, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 49.23, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0261 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.112 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6315, 30.3471, 8.7481)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D3E #3E6FBE

analogous

#BE4D3E #BE8D3E #AFBE3E

triadic

#BE8D3E #3EBE8D #8D3EBE

tetradic

#BE8D3E #3EBE4D #3E6FBE #BE3EAF

square

#BE8D3E #3EBE4D #3E6FBE #BE3EAF

split-complementary

#BE8D3E #3EAFBE #4D3EBE

monochromatic

#624920 #906B2F #BE8D3E #CFA86B #DEC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BE8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BE8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D3E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D3E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.112 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae77',
    500: '#be8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d3e;
$custom-light: #d6ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67587,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D3E

secondary

#8EA5C9

accent

#83DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D3E

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

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