#BE9836#BE9836

#BE9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9836
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 4.04, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 54.68, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0062 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.122 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1312, 33.6721, 8.2437)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9836 #365CBE

analogous

#BE5436 #BE9836 #A0BE36

triadic

#BE9836 #36BE98 #9836BE

tetradic

#BE9836 #36BE54 #365CBE #BE36A0

square

#BE9836 #36BE54 #365CBE #BE36A0

split-complementary

#BE9836 #36A0BE #5436BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1B #8E7228 #BE9836 #D2B260 #DFC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BE9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BE9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9836

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9836	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#be9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9836;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9836

secondary

#8699CA

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9836

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

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