#BE9736#BE9736

#BE9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9736
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 4.58, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 54.46, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0078 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.121 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9696, 33.3489, 8.1898)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9736 #365DBE

analogous

#BE5336 #BE9736 #A1BE36

triadic

#BE9736 #36BE97 #9736BE

tetradic

#BE9736 #36BE53 #365DBE #BE36A1

square

#BE9736 #36BE53 #365DBE #BE36A1

split-complementary

#BE9736 #36A1BE #5336BE

monochromatic

#5F4B1B #8E7128 #BE9736 #D2B160 #DFC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BE9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9736

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9736	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)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b573',
    500: '#be9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9736;
$custom-light: #d6b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69519,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9736

secondary

#8699CA

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9736

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

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