#BE9640#BE9640

#BE9640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9640
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 5.68, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 50.00, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0123 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.114 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0688, 33.1322, 9.5029)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9640 #4068BE

analogous

#BE5740 #BE9640 #A7BE40

triadic

#BE9640 #40BE96 #9640BE

tetradic

#BE9640 #40BE57 #4068BE #BE40A7

square

#BE9640 #40BE57 #4068BE #BE40A7

split-complementary

#BE9640 #40A7BE #5740BE

monochromatic

#624E21 #907231 #BE9640 #CEAF6D #DDC89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BE9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BE9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9640

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9640	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b479',
    500: '#be9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9640;
$custom-light: #d5b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9640

secondary

#90A2C9

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9640

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

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