#BE9238#BE9238

#BE9238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9238
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 7.41, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 52.64, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0163 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.118 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2299, 31.7927, 8.1797)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9238 #3864BE

analogous

#BE4F38 #BE9238 #A7BE38

triadic

#BE9238 #38BE92 #9238BE

tetradic

#BE9238 #38BE4F #3864BE #BE38A7

square

#BE9238 #38BE4F #3864BE #BE38A7

split-complementary

#BE9238 #38A7BE #4F38BE

monochromatic

#5F491C #8F6E2A #BE9238 #D1AD62 #DFC592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BE9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9238

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9238	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#be9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9238;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68525,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9238

secondary

#889ECA

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9238

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

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