#BE983D#BE983D

#BE983D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE983D
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 4.42, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 51.75, 85.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0082 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.117 86)
XYZ	xyz(33.3076, 33.7427, 9.1726)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE983D #3D63BE

analogous

#BE583D #BE983D #A3BE3D

triadic

#BE983D #3DBE98 #983DBE

tetradic

#BE983D #3DBE58 #3D63BE #BE3DA3

square

#BE983D #3DBE58 #3D63BE #BE3DA3

split-complementary

#BE983D #3DA3BE #583DBE

monochromatic

#614E1F #90732E #BE983D #CFB169 #DEC998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE983D

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE983D	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b677',
    500: '#be983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be983d;
$custom-light: #d5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69785,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE983D

secondary

#8D9FC9

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE983D

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

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