#BE9537#BE9537

#BE9537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9537
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 5.72, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 53.63, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0112 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.12 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6742, 32.7201, 8.2084)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9537 #3760BE

analogous

#BE5237 #BE9537 #A3BE37

triadic

#BE9537 #37BE95 #9537BE

tetradic

#BE9537 #37BE52 #3760BE #BE37A3

square

#BE9537 #37BE52 #3760BE #BE37A3

split-complementary

#BE9537 #37A3BE #5237BE

monochromatic

#5F4B1C #8F7029 #BE9537 #D1AF61 #DFC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BE9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9537

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9537	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b373',
    500: '#be9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9537;
$custom-light: #d6b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9537

secondary

#879BCA

accent

#77DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9537

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

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