#BE9338#BE9338

#BE9338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9338
RGB	rgb(190, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 6.86, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 52.83, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0147 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.118 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3847, 32.1024, 8.2313)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9338 #3863BE

analogous

#BE5038 #BE9338 #A6BE38

triadic

#BE9338 #38BE93 #9338BE

tetradic

#BE9338 #38BE50 #3863BE #BE38A6

square

#BE9338 #38BE50 #3863BE #BE38A6

split-complementary

#BE9338 #38A6BE #5038BE

monochromatic

#5F4A1C #8F6E2A #BE9338 #D1AD62 #DFC692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BE9338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BE9338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9338

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9338	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b274',
    500: '#be9338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9338;
$custom-light: #d6b274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9338

secondary

#889DCA

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9338

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

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