#BE8E36#BE8E36

#BE8E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E36
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 9.50, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 52.78, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0221 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.118 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5761, 30.5619, 7.7253)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E36 #3666BE

analogous

#BE4A36 #BE8E36 #AABE36

triadic

#BE8E36 #36BE8E #8E36BE

tetradic

#BE8E36 #36BE4A #3666BE #BE36AA

square

#BE8E36 #36BE4A #3666BE #BE36AA

split-complementary

#BE8E36 #36AABE #4A36BE

monochromatic

#5F471B #8E6A28 #BE8E36 #D2A960 #DFC38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BE8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E36

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E36	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)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae72',
    500: '#be8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e36;
$custom-light: #d6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67708,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E36

secondary

#869ECA

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E36

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

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