#BE9434#BE9434

#BE9434 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9434
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 6.11, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 54.65, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.012 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.121 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4469, 32.3771, 7.7886)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9434 #345EBE

analogous

#BE4F34 #BE9434 #A3BE34

triadic

#BE9434 #34BE94 #9434BE

tetradic

#BE9434 #34BE4F #345EBE #BE34A3

square

#BE9434 #34BE4F #345EBE #BE34A3

split-complementary

#BE9434 #34A3BE #4F34BE

monochromatic

#5E491A #8E6F27 #BE9434 #D3AF5D #E0C68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BE9434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BE9434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9434

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9434	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b371',
    500: '#be9434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9434;
$custom-light: #d6b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68894,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9434

secondary

#8499CA

accent

#76E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9434

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

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