#BE9234#BE9234

#BE9234 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9234
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 7.21, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 54.28, 82.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0152 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.121 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1359, 31.7551, 7.6849)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9234 #3460BE

analogous

#BE4D34 #BE9234 #A5BE34

triadic

#BE9234 #34BE92 #9234BE

tetradic

#BE9234 #34BE4D #3460BE #BE34A5

square

#BE9234 #34BE4D #3460BE #BE34A5

split-complementary

#BE9234 #34A5BE #4D34BE

monochromatic

#5E481A #8E6D27 #BE9234 #D3AD5D #E0C58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BE9234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BE9234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9234

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9234	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b171',
    500: '#be9234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9234;
$custom-light: #d6b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68491,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9234

secondary

#849ACA

accent

#78E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9234

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

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