#BE9A32#BE9A32

#BE9A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A32
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 2.76, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 56.71, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0021 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.125 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.3685, 34.2908, 7.8782)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A32 #3256BE

analogous

#BE5432 #BE9A32 #9CBE32

triadic

#BE9A32 #32BE9A #9A32BE

tetradic

#BE9A32 #32BE54 #3256BE #BE329C

square

#BE9A32 #32BE54 #3256BE #BE329C

split-complementary

#BE9A32 #329CBE #5432BE

monochromatic

#5D4B19 #8E7325 #BE9A32 #D3B45A #E0CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE9A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A32

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A32	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)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b771',
    500: '#be9a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a32;
$custom-light: #d6b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.701,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A32

secondary

#8294CA

accent

#6EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A32

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

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