#BE9437#BE9437

#BE9437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9437
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 6.27, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 53.43, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0128 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.119 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5167, 32.4050, 8.1558)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9437 #3761BE

analogous

#BE5037 #BE9437 #A4BE37

triadic

#BE9437 #37BE94 #9437BE

tetradic

#BE9437 #37BE50 #3761BE #BE37A4

square

#BE9437 #37BE50 #3761BE #BE37A4

split-complementary

#BE9437 #37A4BE #5037BE

monochromatic

#5F4A1C #8F6F29 #BE9437 #D1AE61 #DFC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BE9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BE9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9437

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9437	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b373',
    500: '#be9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9437;
$custom-light: #d6b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9437

secondary

#879CCA

accent

#78DE49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9437

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

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