#BE9A37#BE9A37

#BE9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A37
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 3.00, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 54.73, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0034 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.122 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4823, 34.3363, 8.4777)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A37 #375BBE

analogous

#BE5637 #BE9A37 #9EBE37

triadic

#BE9A37 #37BE9A #9A37BE

tetradic

#BE9A37 #37BE56 #375BBE #BE379E

square

#BE9A37 #37BE56 #375BBE #BE379E

split-complementary

#BE9A37 #379EBE #5637BE

monochromatic

#5F4D1C #8F7429 #BE9A37 #D1B361 #DFCA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BE9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A37

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A37	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b774',
    500: '#be9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a37;
$custom-light: #d6b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7014,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A37

secondary

#8799CA

accent

#71DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A37

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

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