#BE9933#BE9933

#BE9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9933
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 3.35, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 56.10, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0039 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.124 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2259, 33.9708, 7.9383)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9933 #3358BE

analogous

#BE5433 #BE9933 #9DBE33

triadic

#BE9933 #33BE99 #9933BE

tetradic

#BE9933 #33BE54 #3358BE #BE339D

square

#BE9933 #33BE54 #3358BE #BE339D

split-complementary

#BE9933 #339DBE #5433BE

monochromatic

#5E4B19 #8E7226 #BE9933 #D3B35B #E0C98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BE9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9933

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9933	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b671',
    500: '#be9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9933;
$custom-light: #d6b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9933

secondary

#8396CA

accent

#70E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9933

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

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