#BE7937#BE7937

#BE7937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.118 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7937
RGB	rgb(190, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 21.13, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 50.68, 65.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0564 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.118 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7644, 24.9005, 6.9051)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7937 #377CBE

analogous

#BE3739 #BE7937 #BEBC37

triadic

#BE7937 #37BE79 #7937BE

tetradic

#BE7937 #39BE37 #377CBE #BC37BE

square

#BE7937 #39BE37 #377CBE #BC37BE

split-complementary

#BE7937 #37BEBC #3739BE

monochromatic

#5F3D1C #8F5B29 #BE7937 #D19861 #DFB790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BE7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BE7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7937

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7937	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.118 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a071',
    500: '#be7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7937;
$custom-light: #d7a071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63692,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7937

secondary

#87A9CA

accent

#96DE49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7937

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

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