#BE9635#BE9635

#BE9635 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9635
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 5.07, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 54.66, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0091 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.121 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7861, 33.0191, 8.0139)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9635 #355DBE

analogous

#BE5235 #BE9635 #A1BE35

triadic

#BE9635 #35BE96 #9635BE

tetradic

#BE9635 #35BE52 #355DBE #BE35A1

square

#BE9635 #35BE52 #355DBE #BE35A1

split-complementary

#BE9635 #35A1BE #5235BE

monochromatic

#5E4A1A #8E7028 #BE9635 #D2B05E #DFC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BE9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BE9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9635

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9635	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b472',
    500: '#be9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9635;
$custom-light: #d6b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9635

secondary

#8599CA

accent

#74E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9635

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

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