#BE9C39#BE9C39

#BE9C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C39
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 2.02, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 54.39, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0008 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.122 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8640, 35.0216, 8.8463)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C39 #395BBE

analogous

#BE5A39 #BE9C39 #9DBE39

triadic

#BE9C39 #39BE9C #9C39BE

tetradic

#BE9C39 #39BE5A #395BBE #BE399D

square

#BE9C39 #39BE5A #395BBE #BE399D

split-complementary

#BE9C39 #399DBE #5A39BE

monochromatic

#604F1D #8F752B #BE9C39 #D0B564 #DFCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BE9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C39

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C39	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b875',
    500: '#be9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c39;
$custom-light: #d5b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70568,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C39

secondary

#899ACA

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C39

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

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