#BE983E#BE983E

#BE983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE983E
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 4.47, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 51.32, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0085 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.116 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3348, 33.7536, 9.3158)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE983E #3E64BE

analogous

#BE583E #BE983E #A4BE3E

triadic

#BE983E #3EBE98 #983EBE

tetradic

#BE983E #3EBE58 #3E64BE #BE3EA4

square

#BE983E #3EBE58 #3E64BE #BE3EA4

split-complementary

#BE983E #3EA4BE #583EBE

monochromatic

#624E20 #90732F #BE983E #CFB16B #DEC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE983E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE983E	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)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b677',
    500: '#be983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be983e;
$custom-light: #d5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69795,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE983E

secondary

#8EA0C9

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE983E

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

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