#BE8936#BE8936

#BE8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8936
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 12.25, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 52.08, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0301 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.117 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8488, 29.1073, 7.4828)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8936 #366BBE

analogous

#BE4536 #BE8936 #AFBE36

triadic

#BE8936 #36BE89 #8936BE

tetradic

#BE8936 #36BE45 #366BBE #BE36AF

square

#BE8936 #36BE45 #366BBE #BE36AF

split-complementary

#BE8936 #36AFBE #4536BE

monochromatic

#5F441B #8E6728 #BE8936 #D2A560 #DFC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BE8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BE8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8936

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8936	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)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab72',
    500: '#be8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8936;
$custom-light: #d6ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66723,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8936

secondary

#86A0CA

accent

#83DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8936

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

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