#BE9040#BE9040

#BE9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9040
RGB	rgb(190, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 8.97, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 48.84, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0219 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.112 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1358, 31.2661, 9.1919)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9040 #406EBE

analogous

#BE5140 #BE9040 #ADBE40

triadic

#BE9040 #40BE90 #9040BE

tetradic

#BE9040 #40BE51 #406EBE #BE40AD

square

#BE9040 #40BE51 #406EBE #BE40AD

split-complementary

#BE9040 #40ADBE #5140BE

monochromatic

#624B21 #906D31 #BE9040 #CEAB6D #DDC59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BE9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BE9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9040

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9040	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b078',
    500: '#be9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9040;
$custom-light: #d5b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68203,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9040

secondary

#90A5C9

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9040

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

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