#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
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 12.85, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 51.55, 75.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.032 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.116 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7310, 28.8338, 7.5606)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##BE8837	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BE8837

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

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