#BE9A41#BE9A41

#BE9A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A41
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 3.57, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 50.48, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0063 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.115 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7467, 34.4421, 9.8705)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A41 #4165BE

analogous

#BE5B41 #BE9A41 #A4BE41

triadic

#BE9A41 #41BE9A #9A41BE

tetradic

#BE9A41 #41BE5B #4165BE #BE41A4

square

#BE9A41 #41BE5B #4165BE #BE41A4

split-complementary

#BE9A41 #41A4BE #5B41BE

monochromatic

#635022 #907531 #BE9A41 #CEB26F #DDCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BE9A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A41

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A41	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)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b779',
    500: '#be9a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a41;
$custom-light: #d5b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A41

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A41

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

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