#BE973B#BE973B

#BE973B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.118 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE973B
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 4.85, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 52.38, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0092 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.118 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0931, 33.3983, 8.8403)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE973B #3B62BE

analogous

#BE563B #BE973B #A4BE3B

triadic

#BE973B #3BBE97 #973BBE

tetradic

#BE973B #3BBE56 #3B62BE #BE3BA4

square

#BE973B #3BBE56 #3B62BE #BE3BA4

split-complementary

#BE973B #3BA4BE #563BBE

monochromatic

#614D1E #8F722C #BE973B #D0B067 #DEC895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BE973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE973B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE973B	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.118 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b576',
    500: '#be973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be973b;
$custom-light: #d5b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69563,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE973B

secondary

#8B9ECA

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE973B

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

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