#BE8B37#BE8B37

#BE8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B37
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 11.20, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 51.93, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0272 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.117 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1595, 29.6906, 7.7034)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B37 #376ABE

analogous

#BE4737 #BE8B37 #ADBE37

triadic

#BE8B37 #37BE8B #8B37BE

tetradic

#BE8B37 #37BE47 #376ABE #BE37AD

square

#BE8B37 #37BE47 #376ABE #BE37AD

split-complementary

#BE8B37 #37ADBE #4737BE

monochromatic

#5F461C #8F6829 #BE8B37 #D1A761 #DFC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BE8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BE8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B37

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B37	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac72',
    500: '#be8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b37;
$custom-light: #d6ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67124,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B37

secondary

#87A0CA

accent

#82DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B37

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

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