#BE9946#BE9946

#BE9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9946
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 4.44, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 47.99, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0094 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.11 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7337, 34.1739, 10.6126)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9946 #466BBE

analogous

#BE5D46 #BE9946 #A7BE46

triadic

#BE9946 #46BE99 #9946BE

tetradic

#BE9946 #46BE5D #466BBE #BE46A7

square

#BE9946 #46BE5D #466BBE #BE46A7

split-complementary

#BE9946 #46A7BE #5D46BE

monochromatic

#665124 #937634 #BE9946 #CEB273 #DECBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BE9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9946

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9946	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)

#AA983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67d',
    500: '#be9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9946;
$custom-light: #d5b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9946

secondary

#95A6CA

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9946

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

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