#BE9451#BE9451

#BE9451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9451
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 7.97, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 41.79, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0212 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.099 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3120, 32.7232, 12.3446)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9451 #517BBE

analogous

#BE5D51 #BE9451 #B1BE51

triadic

#BE9451 #51BE94 #9451BE

tetradic

#BE9451 #51BE5D #517BBE #BE51B1

square

#BE9451 #51BE5D #517BBE #BE51B1

split-complementary

#BE9451 #51B1BE #5D51BE

monochromatic

#6C5228 #997439 #BE9451 #CFAF7E #DFCBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BE9451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9451

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9451	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b383',
    500: '#be9451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9451;
$custom-light: #d4b383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.881,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9451

secondary

#9EB0CD

accent

#85D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9451

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

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