#BE9941#BE9941

#BE9941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9941
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 4.11, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 50.24, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0079 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5824, 34.1134, 9.8157)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9941 #4166BE

analogous

#BE5A41 #BE9941 #A5BE41

triadic

#BE9941 #41BE99 #9941BE

tetradic

#BE9941 #41BE5A #4166BE #BE41A5

square

#BE9941 #41BE5A #4166BE #BE41A5

split-complementary

#BE9941 #41A5BE #5A41BE

monochromatic

#635022 #907431 #BE9941 #CEB16F #DDCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9941

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9941	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b679',
    500: '#be9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9941;
$custom-light: #d5b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9941

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9941

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

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