#BE9138#BE9138

#BE9138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9138
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 7.96, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 52.46, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0179 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.118 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0764, 31.4858, 8.1285)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9138 #3865BE

analogous

#BE4E38 #BE9138 #A8BE38

triadic

#BE9138 #38BE91 #9138BE

tetradic

#BE9138 #38BE4E #3865BE #BE38A8

square

#BE9138 #38BE4E #3865BE #BE38A8

split-complementary

#BE9138 #38A8BE #4E38BE

monochromatic

#5F491C #8F6D2A #BE9138 #D1AC62 #DFC592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BE9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BE9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9138

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9138	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#be9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9138;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68325,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9138

secondary

#889ECA

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9138

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

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