#BE9137#BE9137

#BE9137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9137
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, 7.91, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 52.87, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0176 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.118 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0522, 31.4761, 8.0010)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9137 #3764BE

analogous

#BE4D37 #BE9137 #A7BE37

triadic

#BE9137 #37BE91 #9137BE

tetradic

#BE9137 #37BE4D #3764BE #BE37A7

square

#BE9137 #37BE4D #3764BE #BE37A7

split-complementary

#BE9137 #37A7BE #4D37BE

monochromatic

#5F491C #8F6D29 #BE9137 #D1AC61 #DFC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BE9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BE9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9137

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9137	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#be9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9137;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68316,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9137

secondary

#879DCA

accent

#7BDE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9137

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

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