#BE9848#BE9848

#BE9848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9848
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 5.12, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 46.84, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0117 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.108 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6349, 33.8736, 10.8963)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9848 #486EBE

analogous

#BE5D48 #BE9848 #A9BE48

triadic

#BE9848 #48BE98 #9848BE

tetradic

#BE9848 #48BE5D #486EBE #BE48A9

square

#BE9848 #48BE5D #486EBE #BE48A9

split-complementary

#BE9848 #48A9BE #5D48BE

monochromatic

#675225 #947535 #BE9848 #CEB175 #DECBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BE9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9848

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9848	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)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67e',
    500: '#be9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9848;
$custom-light: #d5b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69901,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9848

secondary

#97A8CB

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9848

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

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