#BE9435#BE9435

#BE9435 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9435
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, 6.16, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 54.25, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0123 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.121 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4697, 32.3862, 7.9085)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9435 #355FBE

analogous

#BE4F35 #BE9435 #A3BE35

triadic

#BE9435 #35BE94 #9435BE

tetradic

#BE9435 #35BE4F #355FBE #BE35A3

square

#BE9435 #35BE4F #355FBE #BE35A3

split-complementary

#BE9435 #35A3BE #4F35BE

monochromatic

#5E491A #8E6F28 #BE9435 #D2AF5E #DFC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BE9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BE9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9435

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9435	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b372',
    500: '#be9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9435;
$custom-light: #d6b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68902,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9435

secondary

#859ACA

accent

#77E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9435

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

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