#BE9837#BE9837

#BE9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9837
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 4.09, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 54.27, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0065 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.121 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1549, 33.6816, 8.3686)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9837 #375DBE

analogous

#BE5437 #BE9837 #A0BE37

triadic

#BE9837 #37BE98 #9837BE

tetradic

#BE9837 #37BE54 #375DBE #BE37A0

square

#BE9837 #37BE54 #375DBE #BE37A0

split-complementary

#BE9837 #37A0BE #5437BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8F7229 #BE9837 #D1B261 #DFC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BE9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9837

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9837	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#be9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9837;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9837

secondary

#879ACA

accent

#73DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9837

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

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