#BE9235#BE9235

#BE9235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9235
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 7.26, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 53.87, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0154 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.12 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1587, 31.7643, 7.8048)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9235 #3561BE

analogous

#BE4D35 #BE9235 #A5BE35

triadic

#BE9235 #35BE92 #9235BE

tetradic

#BE9235 #35BE4D #3561BE #BE35A5

square

#BE9235 #35BE4D #3561BE #BE35A5

split-complementary

#BE9235 #35A5BE #4D35BE

monochromatic

#5E481A #8E6D28 #BE9235 #D2AD5E #DFC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BE9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BE9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9235

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9235	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)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b172',
    500: '#be9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9235;
$custom-light: #d6b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9235

secondary

#859BCA

accent

#79E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9235

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

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