#BE9A40#BE9A40

#BE9A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A40
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 3.51, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 50.92, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.006 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.116 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.7180, 34.4306, 9.7193)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A40 #4064BE

analogous

#BE5B40 #BE9A40 #A3BE40

triadic

#BE9A40 #40BE9A #9A40BE

tetradic

#BE9A40 #40BE5B #4064BE #BE40A3

square

#BE9A40 #40BE5B #4064BE #BE40A3

split-complementary

#BE9A40 #40A3BE #5B40BE

monochromatic

#625021 #907531 #BE9A40 #CEB26D #DDCA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BE9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A40

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A40	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b779',
    500: '#be9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a40;
$custom-light: #d5b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70223,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A40

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A40

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

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