#BE9240#BE9240

#BE9240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9240
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 7.87, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 49.20, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0187 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.112 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4414, 31.8773, 9.2938)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9240 #406CBE

analogous

#BE5340 #BE9240 #ABBE40

triadic

#BE9240 #40BE92 #9240BE

tetradic

#BE9240 #40BE53 #406CBE #BE40AB

square

#BE9240 #40BE53 #406CBE #BE40AB

split-complementary

#BE9240 #40ABBE #5340BE

monochromatic

#624C21 #906F31 #BE9240 #CEAC6D #DDC69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BE9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9240

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9240	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b178',
    500: '#be9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9240;
$custom-light: #d5b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68603,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9240

secondary

#90A4C9

accent

#7FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9240

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

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