#BE9949#BE9949

#BE9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9949
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 4.64, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 46.62, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0104 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.108 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8308, 34.2127, 11.1238)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9949 #496EBE

analogous

#BE5F49 #BE9949 #A8BE49

triadic

#BE9949 #49BE99 #9949BE

tetradic

#BE9949 #49BE5F #496EBE #BE49A8

square

#BE9949 #49BE5F #496EBE #BE49A8

split-complementary

#BE9949 #49A8BE #5F49BE

monochromatic

#685325 #957635 #BE9949 #CEB276 #DECCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BE9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9949

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9949	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67e',
    500: '#be9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9949;
$custom-light: #d5b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9949

secondary

#98A8CB

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9949

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

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