#BE9849#BE9849

#BE9849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9849
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 5.19, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 46.38, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.012 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.107 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6678, 33.8867, 11.0695)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9849 #496FBE

analogous

#BE5E49 #BE9849 #A9BE49

triadic

#BE9849 #49BE98 #9849BE

tetradic

#BE9849 #49BE5E #496FBE #BE49A9

square

#BE9849 #49BE5E #496FBE #BE49A9

split-complementary

#BE9849 #49A9BE #5E49BE

monochromatic

#685225 #957635 #BE9849 #CEB276 #DECBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BE9849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9849

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9849	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67e',
    500: '#be9849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9849;
$custom-light: #d5b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.513,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9849

secondary

#98A8CB

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9849

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

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