#BE8735#BE8735

#BE8735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8735
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 13.30, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 52.27, 75.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.033 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.118 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5439, 28.5346, 7.2665)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8735 #356CBE

analogous

#BE4235 #BE8735 #B1BE35

triadic

#BE8735 #35BE87 #8735BE

tetradic

#BE8735 #35BE42 #356CBE #BE35B1

square

#BE8735 #35BE42 #356CBE #BE35B1

split-complementary

#BE8735 #35B1BE #4235BE

monochromatic

#5E431A #8E6528 #BE8735 #D2A45E #DFBF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BE8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BE8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8735

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8735	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a971',
    500: '#be8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8735;
$custom-light: #d6a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.912,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66324,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8735

secondary

#85A1CA

accent

#85E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8735

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

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