#BE8E40#BE8E40

#BE8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E40
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 10.06, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 48.51, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0251 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.111 77)
XYZ	xyz(31.8356, 30.6656, 9.0918)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E40 #4070BE

analogous

#BE4F40 #BE8E40 #AFBE40

triadic

#BE8E40 #40BE8E #8E40BE

tetradic

#BE8E40 #40BE4F #4070BE #BE40AF

square

#BE8E40 #40BE4F #4070BE #BE40AF

split-complementary

#BE8E40 #40AFBE #4F40BE

monochromatic

#624A21 #906C31 #BE8E40 #CEA96D #DDC49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BE8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E40

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E40	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae78',
    500: '#be8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e40;
$custom-light: #d5ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.30663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E40

secondary

#90A6C9

accent

#83D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E40

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

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