#BE9737#BE9737

#BE9737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9737
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 4.63, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 54.05, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0081 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.121 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9933, 33.3584, 8.3147)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9737 #375EBE

analogous

#BE5437 #BE9737 #A1BE37

triadic

#BE9737 #37BE97 #9737BE

tetradic

#BE9737 #37BE54 #375EBE #BE37A1

square

#BE9737 #37BE54 #375EBE #BE37A1

split-complementary

#BE9737 #37A1BE #5437BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8F7129 #BE9737 #D1B161 #DFC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BE9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9737

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9737	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b573',
    500: '#be9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9737;
$custom-light: #d6b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69527,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9737

secondary

#879ACA

accent

#74DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9737

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

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