#BE9937#BE9937

#BE9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9937
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 3.54, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 54.50, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.005 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.122 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3179, 34.0076, 8.4229)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9937 #375CBE

analogous

#BE5637 #BE9937 #9FBE37

triadic

#BE9937 #37BE99 #9937BE

tetradic

#BE9937 #37BE56 #375CBE #BE379F

square

#BE9937 #37BE56 #375CBE #BE379F

split-complementary

#BE9937 #379FBE #5637BE

monochromatic

#5F4D1C #8F7329 #BE9937 #D1B261 #DFC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BE9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9937

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9937	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#be9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9937;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69935,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9937

secondary

#8799CA

accent

#72DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9937

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

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