#BE9940#BE9940

#BE9940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9940
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 4.05, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 50.68, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0076 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.115 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5537, 34.1019, 9.6645)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9940 #4065BE

analogous

#BE5A40 #BE9940 #A4BE40

triadic

#BE9940 #40BE99 #9940BE

tetradic

#BE9940 #40BE5A #4065BE #BE40A4

square

#BE9940 #40BE5A #4065BE #BE40A4

split-complementary

#BE9940 #40A4BE #5A40BE

monochromatic

#624F21 #907431 #BE9940 #CEB26D #DDCA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9940

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9940	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b679',
    500: '#be9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9940;
$custom-light: #d5b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70018,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9940

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9940

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

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