#BE973C#BE973C

#BE973C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE973C
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 4.90, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 51.96, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0095 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.117 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1193, 33.4088, 8.9782)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE973C #3C63BE

analogous

#BE563C #BE973C #A4BE3C

triadic

#BE973C #3CBE97 #973CBE

tetradic

#BE973C #3CBE56 #3C63BE #BE3CA4

square

#BE973C #3CBE56 #3C63BE #BE3CA4

split-complementary

#BE973C #3CA4BE #563CBE

monochromatic

#614D1F #8F722D #BE973C #CFB068 #DEC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BE973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE973C

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE973C	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)

#A99631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b576',
    500: '#be973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be973c;
$custom-light: #d5b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE973C

secondary

#8C9FCA

accent

#77DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE973C

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

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