#BE9140#BE9140

#BE9140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9140
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 8.42, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 49.01, 80.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0203 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.112 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2879, 31.5704, 9.2426)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9140 #406DBE

analogous

#BE5240 #BE9140 #ACBE40

triadic

#BE9140 #40BE91 #9140BE

tetradic

#BE9140 #40BE52 #406DBE #BE40AC

square

#BE9140 #40BE52 #406DBE #BE40AC

split-complementary

#BE9140 #40ACBE #5240BE

monochromatic

#624B21 #906E31 #BE9140 #CEAB6D #DDC69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BE9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BE9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9140

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9140	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b178',
    500: '#be9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9140;
$custom-light: #d5b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68403,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9140

secondary

#90A5C9

accent

#80D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9140

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

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