#BE8537#BE8537

#BE8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8537
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 14.51, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 51.24, 73.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0369 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.116 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3144, 28.0006, 7.4218)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8537 #3770BE

analogous

#BE4237 #BE8537 #B3BE37

triadic

#BE8537 #37BE85 #8537BE

tetradic

#BE8537 #37BE42 #3770BE #BE37B3

square

#BE8537 #37BE42 #3770BE #BE37B3

split-complementary

#BE8537 #37B3BE #4237BE

monochromatic

#5F431C #8F6429 #BE8537 #D1A261 #DFBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BE8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BE8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8537

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8537	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a872',
    500: '#be8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8537;
$custom-light: #d6a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8537

secondary

#87A3CA

accent

#88DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8537

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

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