#BE8F40#BE8F40

#BE8F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.111 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8F40
RGB	rgb(190, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 9.52, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 48.67, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0235 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.111 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9850, 30.9645, 9.1416)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8F40 #406FBE

analogous

#BE5040 #BE8F40 #AEBE40

triadic

#BE8F40 #40BE8F #8F40BE

tetradic

#BE8F40 #40BE50 #406FBE #BE40AE

square

#BE8F40 #40BE50 #406FBE #BE40AE

split-complementary

#BE8F40 #40AEBE #5040BE

monochromatic

#624A21 #906D31 #BE8F40 #CEAA6D #DDC59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BE8F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BE8F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8F40

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8F40	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.111 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af78',
    500: '#be8f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8f40;
$custom-light: #d5af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68004,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8F40

secondary

#90A6C9

accent

#82D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8F40

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

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