#BE9A46#BE9A46

#BE9A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A46
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 3.89, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 48.23, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0079 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.111 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8980, 34.5026, 10.6674)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A46 #466ABE

analogous

#BE5E46 #BE9A46 #A6BE46

triadic

#BE9A46 #46BE9A #9A46BE

tetradic

#BE9A46 #46BE5E #466ABE #BE46A6

square

#BE9A46 #46BE5E #466ABE #BE46A6

split-complementary

#BE9A46 #46A6BE #5E46BE

monochromatic

#665224 #937634 #BE9A46 #CEB373 #DECBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BE9A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A46

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A46	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b77d',
    500: '#be9a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a46;
$custom-light: #d5b77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A46

secondary

#95A5CA

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A46

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

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