#BE9740#BE9740

#BE9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9740
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 5.14, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 50.22, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0107 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.114 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2291, 33.4527, 9.5563)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9740 #4067BE

analogous

#BE5840 #BE9740 #A6BE40

triadic

#BE9740 #40BE97 #9740BE

tetradic

#BE9740 #40BE58 #4067BE #BE40A6

square

#BE9740 #40BE58 #4067BE #BE40A6

split-complementary

#BE9740 #40A6BE #5840BE

monochromatic

#624E21 #907331 #BE9740 #CEB06D #DDC99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BE9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9740

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9740	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b579',
    500: '#be9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9740;
$custom-light: #d5b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9740

secondary

#90A2C9

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9740

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

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