#BE9440#BE9440

#BE9440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.113 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9440
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 6.78, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 49.59, 82.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0155 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.113 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7524, 32.4993, 9.3974)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9440 #406ABE

analogous

#BE5540 #BE9440 #A9BE40

triadic

#BE9440 #40BE94 #9440BE

tetradic

#BE9440 #40BE55 #406ABE #BE40A9

square

#BE9440 #40BE55 #406ABE #BE40A9

split-complementary

#BE9440 #40A9BE #5540BE

monochromatic

#624D21 #907031 #BE9440 #CEAE6D #DDC79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BE9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BE9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9440

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9440	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.113 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b378',
    500: '#be9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9440;
$custom-light: #d5b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69005,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9440

secondary

#90A3C9

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9440

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

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