#BE8E38#BE8E38

#BE8E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E38
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 9.60, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 51.95, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0226 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.117 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6240, 30.5810, 7.9777)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E38 #3868BE

analogous

#BE4B38 #BE8E38 #ABBE38

triadic

#BE8E38 #38BE8E #8E38BE

tetradic

#BE8E38 #38BE4B #3868BE #BE38AB

square

#BE8E38 #38BE4B #3868BE #BE38AB

split-complementary

#BE8E38 #38ABBE #4B38BE

monochromatic

#5F471C #8F6B2A #BE8E38 #D1A962 #DFC392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BE8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E38

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E38	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae73',
    500: '#be8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e38;
$custom-light: #d6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E38

secondary

#88A0CA

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E38

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

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