#BE9939#BE9939

#BE9939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9939
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 3.65, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 53.67, 86.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0055 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.12 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3668, 34.0272, 8.6805)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9939 #395EBE

analogous

#BE5639 #BE9939 #A0BE39

triadic

#BE9939 #39BE99 #9939BE

tetradic

#BE9939 #39BE56 #395EBE #BE39A0

square

#BE9939 #39BE56 #395EBE #BE39A0

split-complementary

#BE9939 #39A0BE #5639BE

monochromatic

#604D1D #8F732B #BE9939 #D0B264 #DFC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BE9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9939

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9939	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b675',
    500: '#be9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9939;
$custom-light: #d5b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9939

secondary

#899BCA

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9939

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

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