#BE9636#BE9636

#BE9636 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9636
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 5.12, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 54.25, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0094 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.121 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8094, 33.0284, 8.1364)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9636 #365EBE

analogous

#BE5236 #BE9636 #A2BE36

triadic

#BE9636 #36BE96 #9636BE

tetradic

#BE9636 #36BE52 #365EBE #BE36A2

square

#BE9636 #36BE52 #365EBE #BE36A2

split-complementary

#BE9636 #36A2BE #5236BE

monochromatic

#5F4B1B #8E7028 #BE9636 #D2B060 #DFC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BE9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BE9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9636

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9636	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b473',
    500: '#be9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9636;
$custom-light: #d6b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69316,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9636

secondary

#869ACA

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9636

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

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