#BE9C3B#BE9C3B

#BE9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE9C3B
RGBrgb(190, 156, 59)
HSLhsl(44, 53%, 49%)
HSVhsv(44, 69%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.9%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.78, 2.13, 53.51)
CIE-LCHlch(65.78, 53.56, 87.72°)
OKLaboklab(70.59% 0.0014 0.1203)
OKLCHoklch(70.59% 0.12 89.3)
XYZxyz(33.9149, 35.0419, 9.1143)
Luminance0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE9C3B #3B5DBE
analogous
#BE5B3B #BE9C3B #9FBE3B
triadic
#BE9C3B #3BBE9C #9C3BBE
tetradic
#BE9C3B #3BBE5B #3B5DBE #BE3B9F
square
#BE9C3B #3BBE5B #3B5DBE #BE3B9F
split-complementary
#BE9C3B #3B9FBE #5B3BBE
monochromatic
#614F1E #8F762C #BE9C3B #D0B467 #DECB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#BE9C3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01
#BE9C3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3B
8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE9C3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE9C3B1.002.628.018.01
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0121.001.001.00
##0000008.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9A2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A440
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD8F88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 89.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b876',
    500: '#be9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be9c3b;
$custom-light: #d5b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE9C3B
secondary
#8B9BCA
accent
#71DC4C
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BE9C3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva