#BE9844#BE9844

#BE9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9844
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 4.85, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 48.66, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0104 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.111 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5086, 33.8231, 10.2313)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9844 #446ABE

analogous

#BE5B44 #BE9844 #A7BE44

triadic

#BE9844 #44BE98 #9844BE

tetradic

#BE9844 #44BE5B #446ABE #BE44A7

square

#BE9844 #44BE5B #446ABE #BE44A7

split-complementary

#BE9844 #44A7BE #5B44BE

monochromatic

#655023 #927433 #BE9844 #CEB171 #DECA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BE9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9844

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9844	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#A9973B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67b',
    500: '#be9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9844;
$custom-light: #d5b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69856,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9844

secondary

#94A5CA

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9844

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

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