#BE8E31#BE8E31

#BE8E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E31
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 9.26, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 54.79, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0207 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.121 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4646, 30.5173, 7.1384)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E31 #3161BE

analogous

#BE4731 #BE8E31 #A8BE31

triadic

#BE8E31 #31BE8E #8E31BE

tetradic

#BE8E31 #31BE47 #3161BE #BE31A8

square

#BE8E31 #31BE47 #3161BE #BE31A8

split-complementary

#BE8E31 #31A8BE #4731BE

monochromatic

#5D4518 #8D6A24 #BE8E31 #D4AA58 #E1C389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BE8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E31

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E31	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)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6f',
    500: '#be8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e31;
$custom-light: #d6ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E31

secondary

#809ACA

accent

#7BE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E31

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

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