#BE9236#BE9236

#BE9236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9236
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 7.31, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 53.46, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0157 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.119 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1819, 31.7735, 7.9272)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9236 #3662BE

analogous

#BE4E36 #BE9236 #A6BE36

triadic

#BE9236 #36BE92 #9236BE

tetradic

#BE9236 #36BE4E #3662BE #BE36A6

square

#BE9236 #36BE4E #3662BE #BE36A6

split-complementary

#BE9236 #36A6BE #4E36BE

monochromatic

#5F491B #8E6D28 #BE9236 #D2AD60 #DFC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BE9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BE9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9236

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9236	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b172',
    500: '#be9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9236;
$custom-light: #d6b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9236

secondary

#869CCA

accent

#79DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9236

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

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