#BE9738#BE9738

#BE9738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9738
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 4.68, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 53.64, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0084 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.12 86)
XYZ	xyz(33.0175, 33.3681, 8.4423)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9738 #385FBE

analogous

#BE5438 #BE9738 #A2BE38

triadic

#BE9738 #38BE97 #9738BE

tetradic

#BE9738 #38BE54 #385FBE #BE38A2

square

#BE9738 #38BE54 #385FBE #BE38A2

split-complementary

#BE9738 #38A2BE #5438BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8F712A #BE9738 #D1B162 #DFC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BE9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9738

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9738	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b574',
    500: '#be9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9738;
$custom-light: #d6b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9738

secondary

#889BCA

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9738

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

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