#BE9A50#BE9A50

#BE9A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A50
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 4.62, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 43.58, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0113 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.102 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2404, 34.6395, 12.4705)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A50 #5074BE

analogous

#BE6350 #BE9A50 #ABBE50

triadic

#BE9A50 #50BE9A #9A50BE

tetradic

#BE9A50 #50BE63 #5074BE #BE50AB

square

#BE9A50 #50BE63 #5074BE #BE50AB

split-complementary

#BE9A50 #50ABBE #6350BE

monochromatic

#6C5528 #987939 #BE9A50 #CFB47D #DFCEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A50

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A50	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b783',
    500: '#be9a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a50;
$custom-light: #d4b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70404,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A50

secondary

#9DADCD

accent

#7DD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A50

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

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