#BE9944#BE9944

#BE9944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9944
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.30, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 48.90, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0088 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.112 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6716, 34.1491, 10.2856)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9944 #4469BE

analogous

#BE5C44 #BE9944 #A6BE44

triadic

#BE9944 #44BE99 #9944BE

tetradic

#BE9944 #44BE5C #4469BE #BE44A6

square

#BE9944 #44BE5C #4469BE #BE44A6

split-complementary

#BE9944 #44A6BE #5C44BE

monochromatic

#655123 #927533 #BE9944 #CEB271 #DECB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BE9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9944

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9944	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)

#AA983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67b',
    500: '#be9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9944;
$custom-light: #d5b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9944

secondary

#94A4CA

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9944

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

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