#BE9C38#BE9C38

#BE9C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C38
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 1.97, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 54.80, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0005 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.122 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8393, 35.0117, 8.7162)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C38 #385ABE

analogous

#BE5938 #BE9C38 #9DBE38

triadic

#BE9C38 #38BE9C #9C38BE

tetradic

#BE9C38 #38BE59 #385ABE #BE389D

square

#BE9C38 #38BE59 #385ABE #BE389D

split-complementary

#BE9C38 #389DBE #5938BE

monochromatic

#5F4E1C #8F752A #BE9C38 #D1B562 #DFCB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BE9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C38

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C38	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#be9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c38;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7056,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C38

secondary

#8899CA

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C38

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

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