#BE9841#BE9841

#BE9841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9841
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 4.66, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 50.00, 84.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0094 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.114 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4194, 33.7874, 9.7614)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9841 #4167BE

analogous

#BE5941 #BE9841 #A6BE41

triadic

#BE9841 #41BE98 #9841BE

tetradic

#BE9841 #41BE59 #4167BE #BE41A6

square

#BE9841 #41BE59 #4167BE #BE41A6

split-complementary

#BE9841 #41A6BE #5941BE

monochromatic

#634F22 #907431 #BE9841 #CEB16F #DDC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BE9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9841

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9841	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b679',
    500: '#be9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9841;
$custom-light: #d5b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69825,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9841

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9841

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

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