#BE6400Fire Ant (#BE6400) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 57°, lightness 0.6 and chroma 0.145. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #BE6400 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 100, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 100%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 100%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 47%, 100%, 25%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(51.9 31 60.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.597 0.145 57) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fire Ant shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c06000 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward red#c26400 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#be6400 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#be6502 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Fire Ant in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.19:1 and against black 5.01:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffcaa5 · #ea995b · #be6400 · #984e00 · #673300 · #3a1900
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c1a048 · #c18322 · #be6400 · #ac4d29 · #963b38 · #7d2c40
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c5c446 · #a1a16c · #be6400 · #944c00 · #6d3600 · #302f00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe0cb · #32b5f8 · #be6400 · #735a48 · #613510 · #381f0a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e6f4fe · #a99689 · #be6400 · #5d676d · #372518 · #000205
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f4fb · #c0cdd6 · #94a3ad · #1c2f3a · #000d18 · #be6400
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1d9b4 · #38c3cd · #be6400 · #8b5764 · #2b394d · #04130d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bde0c8 · #8091d2 · #be6400 · #5a678c · #365a63 · #151004
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d4fcf1 · #2fb198 · #be6400 · #6f4fad · #32135e · #000302
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e0fae1 · #67ae6f · #be6400 · #006d9c · #460549 · #000610
#CC7B3B · #D9925E · #E6A97D · #F3C09D · #FFD8BD
#9E5200 · #7E4000 · #602F00 · #441F00 · #2A1000
#B26C34 · #A5724D · #987861
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.