#BE9536#BE9536

#BE9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9536
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 5.67, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 54.04, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.011 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.12 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6505, 32.7106, 8.0834)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9536 #365FBE

analogous

#BE5136 #BE9536 #A3BE36

triadic

#BE9536 #36BE95 #9536BE

tetradic

#BE9536 #36BE51 #365FBE #BE36A3

square

#BE9536 #36BE51 #365FBE #BE36A3

split-complementary

#BE9536 #36A3BE #5136BE

monochromatic

#5F4A1B #8E7028 #BE9536 #D2AF60 #DFC78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BE9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9536

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9536	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b373',
    500: '#be9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9536;
$custom-light: #d6b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9536

secondary

#869ACA

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9536

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

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