#BE8E27#BE8E27

#BE8E27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.127 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E27
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 79.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 8.84, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 58.49, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0184 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.127 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2765, 30.4420, 6.1477)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E27 #2757BE

analogous

#BE4227 #BE8E27 #A3BE27

triadic

#BE8E27 #27BE8E #8E27BE

tetradic

#BE8E27 #27BE42 #2757BE #BE27A3

square

#BE8E27 #27BE42 #2757BE #BE27A3

split-complementary

#BE8E27 #27A3BE #4227BE

monochromatic

#584212 #8B681D #BE8E27 #DAAB49 #E4C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BE8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E27

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E27	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.127 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ae6a',
    500: '#be8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e27;
$custom-light: #d7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.927,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67596,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E27

secondary

#7590CC

accent

#75E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E27

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

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