#BE9539#BE9539

#BE9539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.118 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9539
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 5.83, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 52.80, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0118 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.118 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7231, 32.7397, 8.4660)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9539 #3962BE

analogous

#BE5339 #BE9539 #A4BE39

triadic

#BE9539 #39BE95 #9539BE

tetradic

#BE9539 #39BE53 #3962BE #BE39A4

square

#BE9539 #39BE53 #3962BE #BE39A4

split-complementary

#BE9539 #39A4BE #5339BE

monochromatic

#604B1D #8F702B #BE9539 #D0AF64 #DFC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BE9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9539

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9539	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)

#A7952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.118 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b374',
    500: '#be9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9539;
$custom-light: #d6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69139,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9539

secondary

#899DCA

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9539

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

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