#BE9B37#BE9B37

#BE9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B37
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 2.46, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 54.97, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0018 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.123 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6480, 34.6678, 8.5330)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B37 #375ABE

analogous

#BE5737 #BE9B37 #9EBE37

triadic

#BE9B37 #37BE9B #9B37BE

tetradic

#BE9B37 #37BE57 #375ABE #BE379E

square

#BE9B37 #37BE57 #375ABE #BE379E

split-complementary

#BE9B37 #379EBE #5737BE

monochromatic

#5F4E1C #8F7429 #BE9B37 #D1B461 #DFCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B37

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B37	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)

#AD9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#be9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b37;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70345,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B37

secondary

#8798CA

accent

#70DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B37

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

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