#BE8E35#BE8E35

#BE8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E35
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 9.45, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 53.19, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0218 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.119 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5528, 30.5526, 7.6029)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E35 #3565BE

analogous

#BE4935 #BE8E35 #AABE35

triadic

#BE8E35 #35BE8E #8E35BE

tetradic

#BE8E35 #35BE49 #3565BE #BE35AA

square

#BE8E35 #35BE49 #3565BE #BE35AA

split-complementary

#BE8E35 #35AABE #4935BE

monochromatic

#5E461A #8E6A28 #BE8E35 #D2A95E #DFC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BE8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E35

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E35	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)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae71',
    500: '#be8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e35;
$custom-light: #d6ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.677,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E35

secondary

#859DCA

accent

#7DE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E35

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

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