#BE8437#BE8437

#BE8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8437
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 15.06, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 51.15, 72.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0385 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.116 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1782, 27.7281, 7.3764)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8437 #3771BE

analogous

#BE4037 #BE8437 #B4BE37

triadic

#BE8437 #37BE84 #8437BE

tetradic

#BE8437 #37BE40 #3771BE #BE37B4

square

#BE8437 #37BE40 #3771BE #BE37B4

split-complementary

#BE8437 #37B4BE #4037BE

monochromatic

#5F421C #8F6329 #BE8437 #D1A161 #DFBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BE8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BE8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8437

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8437	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a772',
    500: '#be8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8437;
$custom-light: #d6a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8437

secondary

#87A4CA

accent

#89DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8437

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

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