#BE9531#BE9531

#BE9531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9531
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 5.43, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 56.03, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0097 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.124 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5390, 32.6660, 7.4965)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9531 #315ABE

analogous

#BE4E31 #BE9531 #A1BE31

triadic

#BE9531 #31BE95 #9531BE

tetradic

#BE9531 #31BE4E #315ABE #BE31A1

square

#BE9531 #31BE4E #315ABE #BE31A1

split-complementary

#BE9531 #31A1BE #4E31BE

monochromatic

#5D4918 #8D6F24 #BE9531 #D4B058 #E1C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BE9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BE9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9531

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9531	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b370',
    500: '#be9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9531;
$custom-light: #d6b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69073,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9531

secondary

#8096CA

accent

#73E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9531

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

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