#BE9538#BE9538

#BE9538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9538
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 5.77, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 53.22, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0115 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.119 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6984, 32.7298, 8.3359)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9538 #3861BE

analogous

#BE5238 #BE9538 #A4BE38

triadic

#BE9538 #38BE95 #9538BE

tetradic

#BE9538 #38BE52 #3861BE #BE38A4

square

#BE9538 #38BE52 #3861BE #BE38A4

split-complementary

#BE9538 #38A4BE #5238BE

monochromatic

#5F4B1C #8F702A #BE9538 #D1AF62 #DFC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BE9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9538

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9538	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b374',
    500: '#be9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9538;
$custom-light: #d6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6913,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9538

secondary

#889CCA

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9538

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

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