#BE9846#BE9846

#BE9846 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9846
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 4.98, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 47.76, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.011 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.11 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5707, 33.8479, 10.5583)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9846 #466CBE

analogous

#BE5C46 #BE9846 #A8BE46

triadic

#BE9846 #46BE98 #9846BE

tetradic

#BE9846 #46BE5C #466CBE #BE46A8

square

#BE9846 #46BE5C #466CBE #BE46A8

split-complementary

#BE9846 #46A8BE #5C46BE

monochromatic

#665124 #937534 #BE9846 #CEB173 #DECAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BE9846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9846

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9846	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67c',
    500: '#be9846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9846;
$custom-light: #d5b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69878,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9846

secondary

#95A6CA

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9846

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

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