#BE8D40#BE8D40

#BE8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D40
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 10.61, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 48.36, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0267 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.111 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6874, 30.3694, 9.0424)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D40 #4071BE

analogous

#BE4E40 #BE8D40 #B0BE40

triadic

#BE8D40 #40BE8D #8D40BE

tetradic

#BE8D40 #40BE4E #4071BE #BE40B0

square

#BE8D40 #40BE4E #4071BE #BE40B0

split-complementary

#BE8D40 #40B0BE #4E40BE

monochromatic

#624921 #906B31 #BE8D40 #CEA86D #DDC49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BE8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BE8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D40

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D40	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)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae78',
    500: '#be8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d40;
$custom-light: #d5ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67608,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D40

secondary

#90A7C9

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D40

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

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