#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
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 12.30, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 51.67, 76.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0304 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.117 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8725, 29.1168, 7.6078)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##BE8937	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8937

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

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