#BE9931#BE9931

#BE9931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9931
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 3.25, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 56.87, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0034 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.125 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1828, 33.9535, 7.7111)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9931 #3156BE

analogous

#BE5231 #BE9931 #9DBE31

triadic

#BE9931 #31BE99 #9931BE

tetradic

#BE9931 #31BE52 #3156BE #BE319D

square

#BE9931 #31BE52 #3156BE #BE319D

split-complementary

#BE9931 #319DBE #5231BE

monochromatic

#5D4B18 #8D7224 #BE9931 #D4B458 #E1CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BE9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9931

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9931	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b670',
    500: '#be9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9931;
$custom-light: #d6b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9931

secondary

#8094CA

accent

#6FE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9931

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

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