#BE973D#BE973D

#BE973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE973D
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 4.96, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 51.53, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0098 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.116 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1460, 33.4194, 9.1188)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE973D #3D64BE

analogous

#BE563D #BE973D #A5BE3D

triadic

#BE973D #3DBE97 #973DBE

tetradic

#BE973D #3DBE56 #3D64BE #BE3DA5

square

#BE973D #3DBE56 #3D64BE #BE3DA5

split-complementary

#BE973D #3DA5BE #563DBE

monochromatic

#614D1F #90722E #BE973D #CFB069 #DEC998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BE973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE973D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE973D	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)

#A99632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b577',
    500: '#be973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be973d;
$custom-light: #d5b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE973D

secondary

#8DA0C9

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE973D

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

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