#BE8937#BE8937

#BE8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE8937
RGBrgb(190, 137, 55)
HSLhsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.88, 12.30, 50.18)
CIE-LCHlch(60.88, 51.67, 76.23°)
OKLaboklab(66.73% 0.0304 0.1125)
OKLCHoklch(66.73% 0.117 74.9)
XYZxyz(30.8725, 29.1168, 7.6078)
Luminance0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE8937 #376CBE
analogous
#BE4537 #BE8937 #B0BE37
triadic
#BE8937 #37BE89 #8937BE
tetradic
#BE8937 #37BE45 #376CBE #BE37B0
square
#BE8937 #37BE45 #376CBE #BE37B0
split-complementary
#BE8937 #37B0BE #4537BE
monochromatic
#5F451C #8F6729 #BE8937 #D1A561 #DFC090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08
#BE8937 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82
#BE8937 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8937
6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE8937#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE89371.003.086.826.82
#FFFFFF3.081.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8221.001.001.00
##0000006.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9C8B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9983A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE7B78
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 74.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab72',
    500: '#be8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be8937;
$custom-light: #d6ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE8937
secondary
#87A1CA
accent
#84DE49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

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#BE8937 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva