#BE9943#BE9943

#BE9943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9943
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 4.24, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 49.35, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0085 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.113 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6413, 34.1370, 10.1263)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9943 #4368BE

analogous

#BE5B43 #BE9943 #A6BE43

triadic

#BE9943 #43BE99 #9943BE

tetradic

#BE9943 #43BE5B #4368BE #BE43A6

square

#BE9943 #43BE5B #4368BE #BE43A6

split-complementary

#BE9943 #43A6BE #5B43BE

monochromatic

#645023 #917532 #BE9943 #CEB270 #DDCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BE9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9943

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9943	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67b',
    500: '#be9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9943;
$custom-light: #d5b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70049,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9943

secondary

#93A3CA

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9943

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

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