#BE9239#BE9239

#BE9239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9239
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 7.46, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 52.22, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0166 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.117 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2546, 31.8026, 8.3098)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9239 #3965BE

analogous

#BE4F39 #BE9239 #A7BE39

triadic

#BE9239 #39BE92 #9239BE

tetradic

#BE9239 #39BE4F #3965BE #BE39A7

square

#BE9239 #39BE4F #3965BE #BE39A7

split-complementary

#BE9239 #39A7BE #4F39BE

monochromatic

#604A1D #8F6E2B #BE9239 #D0AC64 #DFC693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BE9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9239

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9239	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)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b174',
    500: '#be9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9239;
$custom-light: #d6b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68534,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9239

secondary

#899ECA

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9239

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

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