#BE9835#BE9835

#BE9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9835
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 3.99, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 55.08, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.006 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.122 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1080, 33.6628, 8.1212)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9835 #355BBE

analogous

#BE5435 #BE9835 #9FBE35

triadic

#BE9835 #35BE98 #9835BE

tetradic

#BE9835 #35BE54 #355BBE #BE359F

square

#BE9835 #35BE54 #355BBE #BE359F

split-complementary

#BE9835 #359FBE #5435BE

monochromatic

#5E4B1A #8E7228 #BE9835 #D2B25E #DFC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BE9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BE9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9835

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9835	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b672',
    500: '#be9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9835;
$custom-light: #d6b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.358,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69715,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9835

secondary

#8598CA

accent

#72E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9835

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

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