#BE9B35#BE9B35

#BE9B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B35
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 2.36, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 55.77, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0013 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6011, 34.6490, 8.2856)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B35 #3558BE

analogous

#BE5735 #BE9B35 #9CBE35

triadic

#BE9B35 #35BE9B #9B35BE

tetradic

#BE9B35 #35BE57 #3558BE #BE359C

square

#BE9B35 #35BE57 #3558BE #BE359C

split-complementary

#BE9B35 #359CBE #5735BE

monochromatic

#5E4D1A #8E7428 #BE9B35 #D2B45E #DFCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B35

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B35	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)

#AD9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b872',
    500: '#be9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b35;
$custom-light: #d6b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B35

secondary

#8596CA

accent

#6FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B35

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

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