#BE8E43#BE8E43

#BE8E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8E43
RGB	rgb(190, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 10.25, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 47.18, 77.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.026 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.109 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9232, 30.7007, 9.5536)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8E43 #4373BE

analogous

#BE5043 #BE8E43 #B1BE43

triadic

#BE8E43 #43BE8E #8E43BE

tetradic

#BE8E43 #43BE50 #4373BE #BE43B1

square

#BE8E43 #43BE50 #4373BE #BE43B1

split-complementary

#BE8E43 #43B1BE #5043BE

monochromatic

#644A23 #916C32 #BE8E43 #CEA970 #DDC59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BE8E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BE8E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8E43

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8E43	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae7a',
    500: '#be8e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8e43;
$custom-light: #d5ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67839,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8E43

secondary

#93A8CA

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8E43

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

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