#BE9936#BE9936

#BE9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9936
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 3.49, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 54.90, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0047 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.122 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2942, 33.9981, 8.2980)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9936 #365BBE

analogous

#BE5536 #BE9936 #9FBE36

triadic

#BE9936 #36BE99 #9936BE

tetradic

#BE9936 #36BE55 #365BBE #BE369F

square

#BE9936 #36BE55 #365BBE #BE369F

split-complementary

#BE9936 #369FBE #5536BE

monochromatic

#5F4C1B #8E7328 #BE9936 #D2B360 #DFC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BE9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9936

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9936	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#be9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9936;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9936

secondary

#8698CA

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9936

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

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