#BE9B3C#BE9B3C

#BE9B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B3C
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 2.73, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 52.89, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0032 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.119 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7740, 34.7182, 9.1965)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B3C #3C5FBE

analogous

#BE5A3C #BE9B3C #A0BE3C

triadic

#BE9B3C #3CBE9B #9B3CBE

tetradic

#BE9B3C #3CBE5A #3C5FBE #BE3CA0

square

#BE9B3C #3CBE5A #3C5FBE #BE3CA0

split-complementary

#BE9B3C #3CA0BE #5A3CBE

monochromatic

#614F1F #8F752D #BE9B3C #CFB368 #DECB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BE9B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B3C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B3C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b877',
    500: '#be9b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b3c;
$custom-light: #d5b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70389,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B3C

secondary

#8C9DCA

accent

#73DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B3C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →