#BE9838#BE9838

#BE9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9838
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 4.14, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 53.86, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0068 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.12 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1792, 33.6913, 8.4961)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9838 #385EBE

analogous

#BE5538 #BE9838 #A1BE38

triadic

#BE9838 #38BE98 #9838BE

tetradic

#BE9838 #38BE55 #385EBE #BE38A1

square

#BE9838 #38BE55 #385EBE #BE38A1

split-complementary

#BE9838 #38A1BE #5538BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8F722A #BE9838 #D1B262 #DFC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BE9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9838

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9838	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b674',
    500: '#be9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9838;
$custom-light: #d6b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6974,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9838

secondary

#889BCA

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9838

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →