#BE9541#BE9541

#BE9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9541
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 6.29, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 49.35, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0142 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.113 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9386, 32.8259, 9.6011)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9541 #416ABE

analogous

#BE5641 #BE9541 #A9BE41

triadic

#BE9541 #41BE95 #9541BE

tetradic

#BE9541 #41BE56 #416ABE #BE41A9

square

#BE9541 #41BE56 #416ABE #BE41A9

split-complementary

#BE9541 #41A9BE #5641BE

monochromatic

#634D22 #907131 #BE9541 #CEAE6F #DDC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BE9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9541

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9541	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)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b379',
    500: '#be9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9541;
$custom-light: #d5b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9541

secondary

#91A4C9

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9541

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

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