#BE9136#BE9136

#BE9136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9136
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 7.85, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 53.28, 81.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0173 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.119 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0285, 31.4666, 7.8761)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9136 #3663BE

analogous

#BE4D36 #BE9136 #A7BE36

triadic

#BE9136 #36BE91 #9136BE

tetradic

#BE9136 #36BE4D #3663BE #BE36A7

square

#BE9136 #36BE4D #3663BE #BE36A7

split-complementary

#BE9136 #36A7BE #4D36BE

monochromatic

#5F481B #8E6D28 #BE9136 #D2AC60 #DFC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BE9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BE9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9136

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9136	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b172',
    500: '#be9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9136;
$custom-light: #d6b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9136

secondary

#869CCA

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9136

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

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