#BE9840#BE9840

#BE9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9840
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 4.59, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 50.45, 84.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0091 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.115 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3907, 33.7759, 9.6102)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9840 #4066BE

analogous

#BE5940 #BE9840 #A5BE40

triadic

#BE9840 #40BE98 #9840BE

tetradic

#BE9840 #40BE59 #4066BE #BE40A5

square

#BE9840 #40BE59 #4066BE #BE40A5

split-complementary

#BE9840 #40A5BE #5940BE

monochromatic

#624F21 #907331 #BE9840 #CEB16D #DDC99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9840

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9840	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b679',
    500: '#be9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9840;
$custom-light: #d5b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69814,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9840

secondary

#90A2C9

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9840

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

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