#BE8A37#BE8A37

#BE8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A37
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 11.75, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 51.80, 76.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0288 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.117 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0153, 29.4024, 7.6554)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A37 #376BBE

analogous

#BE4637 #BE8A37 #AEBE37

triadic

#BE8A37 #37BE8A #8A37BE

tetradic

#BE8A37 #37BE46 #376BBE #BE37AE

square

#BE8A37 #37BE46 #376BBE #BE37AE

split-complementary

#BE8A37 #37AEBE #4637BE

monochromatic

#5F451C #8F6829 #BE8A37 #D1A661 #DFC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BE8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BE8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A37

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A37	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac72',
    500: '#be8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a37;
$custom-light: #d6ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A37

secondary

#87A1CA

accent

#83DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A37

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

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