#BE8837#BE8837

#BE8837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE8837
RGBrgb(190, 136, 55)
HSLhsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.63, 12.85, 49.92)
CIE-LCHlch(60.63, 51.55, 75.56°)
OKLaboklab(66.54% 0.032 0.112)
OKLCHoklch(66.54% 0.116 74.1)
XYZxyz(30.7310, 28.8338, 7.5606)
Luminance0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE8837 #376DBE
analogous
#BE4437 #BE8837 #B0BE37
triadic
#BE8837 #37BE88 #8837BE
tetradic
#BE8837 #37BE44 #376DBE #BE37B0
square
#BE8837 #37BE44 #376DBE #BE37B0
split-complementary
#BE8837 #37B0BE #4437BE
monochromatic
#5F441C #8F6629 #BE8837 #D1A461 #DFC090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10
#BE8837 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77
#BE8837 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8837
6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE8837#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE88371.003.106.776.77
#FFFFFF3.101.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7721.001.001.00
##0000006.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89739
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF7A77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 74.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa72',
    500: '#be8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be8837;
$custom-light: #d6aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66537,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE8837
secondary
#87A2CA
accent
#85DE49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BE8837 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva