#BE9438#BE9438

#BE9438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9438
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 6.32, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 53.02, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0131 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.119 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5409, 32.4147, 8.2834)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9438 #3862BE

analogous

#BE5138 #BE9438 #A5BE38

triadic

#BE9438 #38BE94 #9438BE

tetradic

#BE9438 #38BE51 #3862BE #BE38A5

square

#BE9438 #38BE51 #3862BE #BE38A5

split-complementary

#BE9438 #38A5BE #5138BE

monochromatic

#5F4A1C #8F6F2A #BE9438 #D1AE62 #DFC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BE9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BE9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9438

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9438	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b374',
    500: '#be9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9438;
$custom-light: #d6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68928,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9438

secondary

#889DCA

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9438

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

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