#BE9535#BE9535

#BE9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9535
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 5.62, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 54.45, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0107 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.121 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6272, 32.7013, 7.9610)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9535 #355EBE

analogous

#BE5135 #BE9535 #A2BE35

triadic

#BE9535 #35BE95 #9535BE

tetradic

#BE9535 #35BE51 #355EBE #BE35A2

square

#BE9535 #35BE51 #355EBE #BE35A2

split-complementary

#BE9535 #35A2BE #5135BE

monochromatic

#5E4A1A #8E6F28 #BE9535 #D2AF5E #DFC78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BE9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BE9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9535

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9535	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)

#A79528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b372',
    500: '#be9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9535;
$custom-light: #d6b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9535

secondary

#859ACA

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9535

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

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