#BE9A31#BE9A31

#BE9A31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A31
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 2.71, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 57.10, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0018 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.126 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3471, 34.2822, 7.7659)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A31 #3155BE

analogous

#BE5431 #BE9A31 #9CBE31

triadic

#BE9A31 #31BE9A #9A31BE

tetradic

#BE9A31 #31BE54 #3155BE #BE319C

square

#BE9A31 #31BE54 #3155BE #BE319C

split-complementary

#BE9A31 #319CBE #5431BE

monochromatic

#5D4B18 #8D7324 #BE9A31 #D4B458 #E1CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A31

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A31	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b770',
    500: '#be9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a31;
$custom-light: #d6b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A31

secondary

#8093CA

accent

#6EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A31

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

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