#BE8736#BE8736

#BE8736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8736
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 13.35, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 51.86, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0333 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.117 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5671, 28.5439, 7.3890)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8736 #366DBE

analogous

#BE4336 #BE8736 #B1BE36

triadic

#BE8736 #36BE87 #8736BE

tetradic

#BE8736 #36BE43 #366DBE #BE36B1

square

#BE8736 #36BE43 #366DBE #BE36B1

split-complementary

#BE8736 #36B1BE #4336BE

monochromatic

#5F431B #8E6528 #BE8736 #D2A460 #DFBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BE8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BE8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8736

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8736	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)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a971',
    500: '#be8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8736;
$custom-light: #d6a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66333,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8736

secondary

#86A1CA

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8736

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

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