#BE9B33#BE9B33

#BE9B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B33
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 2.26, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 56.56, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0008 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.125 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5560, 34.6310, 8.0483)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B33 #3356BE

analogous

#BE5633 #BE9B33 #9CBE33

triadic

#BE9B33 #33BE9B #9B33BE

tetradic

#BE9B33 #33BE56 #3356BE #BE339C

square

#BE9B33 #33BE56 #3356BE #BE339C

split-complementary

#BE9B33 #339CBE #5633BE

monochromatic

#5E4C19 #8E7426 #BE9B33 #D3B55B #E0CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B33

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B33	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b871',
    500: '#be9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b33;
$custom-light: #d6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B33

secondary

#8395CA

accent

#6EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B33

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

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