#BE9938#BE9938

#BE9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9938
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 3.60, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 54.09, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0052 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.121 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3421, 34.0173, 8.5505)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9938 #385DBE

analogous

#BE5638 #BE9938 #A0BE38

triadic

#BE9938 #38BE99 #9938BE

tetradic

#BE9938 #38BE56 #385DBE #BE38A0

square

#BE9938 #38BE56 #385DBE #BE38A0

split-complementary

#BE9938 #38A0BE #5638BE

monochromatic

#5F4D1C #8F732A #BE9938 #D1B262 #DFC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BE9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9938

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9938	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b674',
    500: '#be9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9938;
$custom-light: #d5b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9938

secondary

#889ACA

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9938

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

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