#BE8E2F#BE8E2F

#BE8E2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E2F
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 9.16, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 55.57, 80.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0202 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.122 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4234, 30.5008, 6.9210)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E2F #2F5FBE

analogous

#BE462F #BE8E2F #A7BE2F

triadic

#BE8E2F #2FBE8E #8E2FBE

tetradic

#BE8E2F #2FBE46 #2F5FBE #BE2FA7

square

#BE8E2F #2FBE46 #2F5FBE #BE2FA7

split-complementary

#BE8E2F #2FA7BE #462FBE

monochromatic

#5C4517 #8D6923 #BE8E2F #D5AA55 #E1C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BE8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E2F

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E2F	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6e',
    500: '#be8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e2f;
$custom-light: #d6ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67651,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E2F

secondary

#7E98CB

accent

#7AE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E2F

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

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