#BE9249#BE9249

#BE9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9249
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 8.47, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 45.14, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0216 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.105 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7185, 31.9882, 10.7531)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9249 #4975BE

analogous

#BE5849 #BE9249 #B0BE49

triadic

#BE9249 #49BE92 #9249BE

tetradic

#BE9249 #49BE58 #4975BE #BE49B0

square

#BE9249 #49BE58 #4975BE #BE49B0

split-complementary

#BE9249 #49B0BE #5849BE

monochromatic

#684F25 #957135 #BE9249 #CEAD76 #DEC8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BE9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BE9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9249

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9249	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b17e',
    500: '#be9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9249;
$custom-light: #d5b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.436,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9249

secondary

#98ABCB

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9249

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

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