#BE8E34#BE8E34

#BE8E34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E34
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 9.40, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 53.60, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0215 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.119 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5301, 30.5435, 7.4830)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E34 #3464BE

analogous

#BE4934 #BE8E34 #A9BE34

triadic

#BE8E34 #34BE8E #8E34BE

tetradic

#BE8E34 #34BE49 #3464BE #BE34A9

square

#BE8E34 #34BE49 #3464BE #BE34A9

split-complementary

#BE8E34 #34A9BE #4934BE

monochromatic

#5E461A #8E6A27 #BE8E34 #D3AA5D #E0C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BE8E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E34

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E34	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae71',
    500: '#be8e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e34;
$custom-light: #d6ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67691,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E34

secondary

#849CCA

accent

#7DE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E34

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

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