#BE9540#BE9540

#BE9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9540
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 6.23, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 49.79, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0139 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.113 83)
XYZ	xyz(32.9099, 32.8144, 9.4499)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9540 #4069BE

analogous

#BE5640 #BE9540 #A8BE40

triadic

#BE9540 #40BE95 #9540BE

tetradic

#BE9540 #40BE56 #4069BE #BE40A8

square

#BE9540 #40BE56 #4069BE #BE40A8

split-complementary

#BE9540 #40A8BE #5640BE

monochromatic

#624D21 #907131 #BE9540 #CEAE6D #DDC89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BE9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9540

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9540	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b379',
    500: '#be9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9540;
$custom-light: #d5b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69206,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.32812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9540

secondary

#90A3C9

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9540

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

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