#BE9533#BE9533

#BE9533 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9533
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 5.52, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 55.25, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0102 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.122 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5822, 32.6833, 7.7237)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9533 #335CBE

analogous

#BE5033 #BE9533 #A2BE33

triadic

#BE9533 #33BE95 #9533BE

tetradic

#BE9533 #33BE50 #335CBE #BE33A2

square

#BE9533 #33BE50 #335CBE #BE33A2

split-complementary

#BE9533 #33A2BE #5033BE

monochromatic

#5E4919 #8E6F26 #BE9533 #D3B05B #E0C78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BE9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BE9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9533

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9533	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b371',
    500: '#be9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9533;
$custom-light: #d6b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69088,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9533

secondary

#8398CA

accent

#74E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9533

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

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