#BE8237#BE8237

#BE8237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8237
RGB	rgb(190, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 16.17, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 51.00, 71.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0417 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.116 69)
XYZ	xyz(29.9096, 27.1908, 7.2868)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8237 #3773BE

analogous

#BE3E37 #BE8237 #B6BE37

triadic

#BE8237 #37BE82 #8237BE

tetradic

#BE8237 #37BE3E #3773BE #BE37B6

square

#BE8237 #37BE3E #3773BE #BE37B6

split-complementary

#BE8237 #37B6BE #3E37BE

monochromatic

#5F411C #8F6229 #BE8237 #D19F61 #DFBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BE8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BE8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8237

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8237	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a672',
    500: '#be8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8237;
$custom-light: #d6a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8237

secondary

#87A5CA

accent

#8CDE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8237

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

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