#BE9545#BE9545

#BE9545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9545
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 6.55, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 47.55, 82.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0155 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.109 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0586, 32.8739, 10.2332)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9545 #456EBE

analogous

#BE5845 #BE9545 #ABBE45

triadic

#BE9545 #45BE95 #9545BE

tetradic

#BE9545 #45BE58 #456EBE #BE45AB

square

#BE9545 #45BE58 #456EBE #BE45AB

split-complementary

#BE9545 #45ABBE #5845BE

monochromatic

#654F23 #937233 #BE9545 #CEAF72 #DEC9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BE9545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BE9545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9545

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9545	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)

#A6953D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b37c',
    500: '#be9545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9545;
$custom-light: #d5b37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6926,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9545

secondary

#95A7CA

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9545

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

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