#BE8935#BE8935

#BE8935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8935
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, 12.20, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 52.50, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0298 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.118 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8256, 29.0980, 7.3604)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8935 #356ABE

analogous

#BE4435 #BE8935 #AFBE35

triadic

#BE8935 #35BE89 #8935BE

tetradic

#BE8935 #35BE44 #356ABE #BE35AF

square

#BE8935 #35BE44 #356ABE #BE35AF

split-complementary

#BE8935 #35AFBE #4435BE

monochromatic

#5E441A #8E6628 #BE8935 #D2A55E #DFC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BE8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BE8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8935

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8935	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab71',
    500: '#be8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8935;
$custom-light: #d6ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66714,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8935

secondary

#85A0CA

accent

#83E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8935

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

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