#BE8D37#BE8D37

#BE8D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D37
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 10.10, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 52.21, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.024 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.117 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4517, 30.2751, 7.8009)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D37 #3768BE

analogous

#BE4937 #BE8D37 #ABBE37

triadic

#BE8D37 #37BE8D #8D37BE

tetradic

#BE8D37 #37BE49 #3768BE #BE37AB

square

#BE8D37 #37BE49 #3768BE #BE37AB

split-complementary

#BE8D37 #37ABBE #4937BE

monochromatic

#5F471C #8F6A29 #BE8D37 #D1A861 #DFC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BE8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BE8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D37

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D37	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae72',
    500: '#be8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d37;
$custom-light: #d6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D37

secondary

#879FCA

accent

#7FDE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D37

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

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