#BE9459#BE9459

#BE9459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.092 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9459
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 8.65, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 38.01, 76.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0242 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.092 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6299, 32.8503, 14.0187)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9459 #5983BE

analogous

#BE6259 #BE9459 #B5BE59

triadic

#BE9459 #59BE94 #9459BE

tetradic

#BE9459 #59BE62 #5983BE #BE59B5

square

#BE9459 #59BE62 #5983BE #BE59B5

split-complementary

#BE9459 #59B5BE #6259BE

monochromatic

#71542C #9D753D #BE9459 #CFB085 #E0CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BE9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BE9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9459

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9459	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.092 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b389',
    500: '#be9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9459;
$custom-light: #d4b389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.05,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69321,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9459

secondary

#A4B6CF

accent

#89D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9459

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

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