#BE9839#BE9839

#BE9839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9839
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 4.19, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 53.45, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0071 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.12 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2039, 33.7012, 8.6262)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9839 #395FBE

analogous

#BE5539 #BE9839 #A1BE39

triadic

#BE9839 #39BE98 #9839BE

tetradic

#BE9839 #39BE55 #395FBE #BE39A1

square

#BE9839 #39BE55 #395FBE #BE39A1

split-complementary

#BE9839 #39A1BE #5539BE

monochromatic

#604D1D #8F722B #BE9839 #D0B164 #DFC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BE9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9839

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9839	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)

#AA972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b675',
    500: '#be9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9839;
$custom-light: #d5b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69748,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9839

secondary

#899CCA

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9839

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

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