#BE9B36#BE9B36

#BE9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B36
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 2.41, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 55.37, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0016 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.123 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6243, 34.6583, 8.4080)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B36 #3659BE

analogous

#BE5736 #BE9B36 #9DBE36

triadic

#BE9B36 #36BE9B #9B36BE

tetradic

#BE9B36 #36BE57 #3659BE #BE369D

square

#BE9B36 #36BE57 #3659BE #BE369D

split-complementary

#BE9B36 #369DBE #5736BE

monochromatic

#5F4D1B #8E7428 #BE9B36 #D2B460 #DFCB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B36

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B36	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)

#AD9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b873',
    500: '#be9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b36;
$custom-light: #d6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B36

secondary

#8697CA

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B36

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

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