#BE9638#BE9638

#BE9638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9638
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 5.23, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 53.43, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0099 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.119 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8573, 33.0476, 8.3888)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9638 #3860BE

analogous

#BE5338 #BE9638 #A3BE38

triadic

#BE9638 #38BE96 #9638BE

tetradic

#BE9638 #38BE53 #3860BE #BE38A3

square

#BE9638 #38BE53 #3860BE #BE38A3

split-complementary

#BE9638 #38A3BE #5338BE

monochromatic

#5F4B1C #8F712A #BE9638 #D1B062 #DFC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BE9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BE9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9638

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9638	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)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b474',
    500: '#be9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9638;
$custom-light: #d6b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9638

secondary

#889CCA

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9638

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →