#BE9A38#BE9A38

#BE9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A38
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 3.05, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 54.32, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0037 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.121 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5065, 34.3460, 8.6052)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A38 #385CBE

analogous

#BE5738 #BE9A38 #9FBE38

triadic

#BE9A38 #38BE9A #9A38BE

tetradic

#BE9A38 #38BE57 #385CBE #BE389F

square

#BE9A38 #38BE57 #385CBE #BE389F

split-complementary

#BE9A38 #389FBE #5738BE

monochromatic

#5F4D1C #8F742A #BE9A38 #D1B362 #DFCA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BE9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A38

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b774',
    500: '#be9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a38;
$custom-light: #d5b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70149,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A38

secondary

#889ACA

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A38

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

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