#BE9A35#BE9A35

#BE9A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A35
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 2.90, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 55.54, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0029 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.123 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4353, 34.3175, 8.2304)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A35 #3559BE

analogous

#BE5635 #BE9A35 #9DBE35

triadic

#BE9A35 #35BE9A #9A35BE

tetradic

#BE9A35 #35BE56 #3559BE #BE359D

square

#BE9A35 #35BE56 #3559BE #BE359D

split-complementary

#BE9A35 #359DBE #5635BE

monochromatic

#5E4C1A #8E7328 #BE9A35 #D2B45E #DFCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A35

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A35	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)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b772',
    500: '#be9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a35;
$custom-light: #d6b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A35

secondary

#8597CA

accent

#70E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A35

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

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