#BE9237#BE9237

#BE9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9237
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 7.36, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 53.05, 82.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.016 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.119 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2057, 31.7830, 8.0522)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9237 #3763BE

analogous

#BE4E37 #BE9237 #A7BE37

triadic

#BE9237 #37BE92 #9237BE

tetradic

#BE9237 #37BE4E #3763BE #BE37A7

square

#BE9237 #37BE4E #3763BE #BE37A7

split-complementary

#BE9237 #37A7BE #4E37BE

monochromatic

#5F491C #8F6E29 #BE9237 #D1AD61 #DFC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BE9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9237

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9237	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#be9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9237;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68516,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9237

secondary

#879DCA

accent

#7ADE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9237

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

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