#BE9B3A#BE9B3A

#BE9B3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B3A
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 2.62, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 53.73, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0027 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.121 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7221, 34.6974, 8.9233)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B3A #3A5DBE

analogous

#BE593A #BE9B3A #9FBE3A

triadic

#BE9B3A #3ABE9B #9B3ABE

tetradic

#BE9B3A #3ABE59 #3A5DBE #BE3A9F

square

#BE9B3A #3ABE59 #3A5DBE #BE3A9F

split-complementary

#BE9B3A #3A9FBE #593ABE

monochromatic

#604E1D #8F752C #BE9B3A #D0B465 #DECB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BE9B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B3A

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B3A	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)

#AC9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b875',
    500: '#be9b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b3a;
$custom-light: #d5b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B3A

secondary

#8A9BCA

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B3A

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

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