#BE9735#BE9735

#BE9735 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9735
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 4.53, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 54.87, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0075 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.122 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9464, 33.3396, 8.0674)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9735 #355CBE

analogous

#BE5335 #BE9735 #A0BE35

triadic

#BE9735 #35BE97 #9735BE

tetradic

#BE9735 #35BE53 #355CBE #BE35A0

square

#BE9735 #35BE53 #355CBE #BE35A0

split-complementary

#BE9735 #35A0BE #5335BE

monochromatic

#5E4B1A #8E7128 #BE9735 #D2B15E #DFC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BE9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9735

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9735	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b572',
    500: '#be9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9735;
$custom-light: #d6b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69511,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9735

secondary

#8599CA

accent

#73E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9735

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

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