#BE9935#BE9935

#BE9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9935
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 3.44, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 55.31, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0044 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.123 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2710, 33.9888, 8.1756)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9935 #355ABE

analogous

#BE5535 #BE9935 #9EBE35

triadic

#BE9935 #35BE99 #9935BE

tetradic

#BE9935 #35BE55 #355ABE #BE359E

square

#BE9935 #35BE55 #355ABE #BE359E

split-complementary

#BE9935 #359EBE #5535BE

monochromatic

#5E4C1A #8E7228 #BE9935 #D2B35E #DFC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BE9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9935

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9935	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b672',
    500: '#be9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9935;
$custom-light: #d6b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9935

secondary

#8598CA

accent

#71E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9935

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

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