#BE9038#BE9038

#BE9038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9038
RGB	rgb(190, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 8.51, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 52.28, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0194 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.117 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9243, 31.1815, 8.0778)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9038 #3866BE

analogous

#BE4D38 #BE9038 #A9BE38

triadic

#BE9038 #38BE90 #9038BE

tetradic

#BE9038 #38BE4D #3866BE #BE38A9

square

#BE9038 #38BE4D #3866BE #BE38A9

split-complementary

#BE9038 #38A9BE #4D38BE

monochromatic

#5F481C #8F6C2A #BE9038 #D1AB62 #DFC492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BE9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BE9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9038

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9038	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b073',
    500: '#be9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9038;
$custom-light: #d6b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68125,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9038

secondary

#889FCA

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9038

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

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