#BE973E#BE973E

#BE973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.116 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE973E
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 5.02, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 51.10, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0101 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.116 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.1732, 33.4303, 9.2619)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE973E #3E65BE

analogous

#BE573E #BE973E #A5BE3E

triadic

#BE973E #3EBE97 #973EBE

tetradic

#BE973E #3EBE57 #3E65BE #BE3EA5

square

#BE973E #3EBE57 #3E65BE #BE3EA5

split-complementary

#BE973E #3EA5BE #573EBE

monochromatic

#624E20 #90722F #BE973E #CFB06B #DEC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BE973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE973E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE973E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.116 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b577',
    500: '#be973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be973e;
$custom-light: #d5b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.33428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE973E

secondary

#8EA0C9

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE973E

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

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