#BE9B38#BE9B38

#BE9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B38
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 2.51, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 54.56, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0021 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.122 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.6722, 34.6775, 8.6605)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B38 #385BBE

analogous

#BE5838 #BE9B38 #9EBE38

triadic

#BE9B38 #38BE9B #9B38BE

tetradic

#BE9B38 #38BE58 #385BBE #BE389E

square

#BE9B38 #38BE58 #385BBE #BE389E

split-complementary

#BE9B38 #389EBE #5838BE

monochromatic

#5F4E1C #8F742A #BE9B38 #D1B462 #DFCB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BE9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B38

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B38	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#be9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b38;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B38

secondary

#8899CA

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B38

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

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