#BE9A4E#BE9A4E

#BE9A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A4E
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 4.47, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 44.52, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0106 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.104 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1676, 34.6104, 12.0871)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A4E #4E72BE

analogous

#BE624E #BE9A4E #AABE4E

triadic

#BE9A4E #4EBE9A #9A4EBE

tetradic

#BE9A4E #4EBE62 #4E72BE #BE4EAA

square

#BE9A4E #4EBE62 #4E72BE #BE4EAA

split-complementary

#BE9A4E #4EAABE #624EBE

monochromatic

#6A5527 #977838 #BE9A4E #CEB47B #DFCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A4E

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A4E	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b782',
    500: '#be9a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a4e;
$custom-light: #d4b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70379,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A4E

secondary

#9CABCC

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A4E

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

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