#BE8737#BE8737

#BE8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8737
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 13.41, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 51.44, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0336 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.116 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5909, 28.5534, 7.5139)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8737 #376EBE

analogous

#BE4437 #BE8737 #B1BE37

triadic

#BE8737 #37BE87 #8737BE

tetradic

#BE8737 #37BE44 #376EBE #BE37B1

square

#BE8737 #37BE44 #376EBE #BE37B1

split-complementary

#BE8737 #37B1BE #4437BE

monochromatic

#5F441C #8F6529 #BE8737 #D1A361 #DFBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BE8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BE8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8737

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8737	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a972',
    500: '#be8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8737;
$custom-light: #d6a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66342,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8737

secondary

#87A2CA

accent

#86DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8737

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

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