#BE9037#BE9037

#BE9037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9037
RGB	rgb(190, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 8.45, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 52.70, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0192 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.118 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9001, 31.1718, 7.9503)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9037 #3765BE

analogous

#BE4D37 #BE9037 #A8BE37

triadic

#BE9037 #37BE90 #9037BE

tetradic

#BE9037 #37BE4D #3765BE #BE37A8

square

#BE9037 #37BE4D #3765BE #BE37A8

split-complementary

#BE9037 #37A8BE #4D37BE

monochromatic

#5F481C #8F6C29 #BE9037 #D1AB61 #DFC490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BE9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BE9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9037

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9037	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b073',
    500: '#be9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9037;
$custom-light: #d6b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68116,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9037

secondary

#879ECA

accent

#7CDE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9037

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

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