#BE8E3A#BE8E3A

#BE8E3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E3A
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 9.71, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 51.11, 79.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0232 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.115 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6739, 30.6010, 8.2405)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E3A #3A6ABE

analogous

#BE4C3A #BE8E3A #ACBE3A

triadic

#BE8E3A #3ABE8E #8E3ABE

tetradic

#BE8E3A #3ABE4C #3A6ABE #BE3AAC

square

#BE8E3A #3ABE4C #3A6ABE #BE3AAC

split-complementary

#BE8E3A #3AACBE #4C3ABE

monochromatic

#60481D #8F6B2C #BE8E3A #D0A965 #DEC394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BE8E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BE8E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E3A

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E3A	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)

#A18F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae74',
    500: '#be8e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e3a;
$custom-light: #d6ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E3A

secondary

#8AA1CA

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E3A

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

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