#BE9B3E#BE9B3E

#BE9B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B3E
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 2.85, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 52.03, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0038 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.118 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8279, 34.7397, 9.4802)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B3E #3E61BE

analogous

#BE5B3E #BE9B3E #A1BE3E

triadic

#BE9B3E #3EBE9B #9B3EBE

tetradic

#BE9B3E #3EBE5B #3E61BE #BE3EA1

square

#BE9B3E #3EBE5B #3E61BE #BE3EA1

split-complementary

#BE9B3E #3EA1BE #5B3EBE

monochromatic

#625020 #90752F #BE9B3E #CFB36B #DECB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BE9B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B3E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B3E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b878',
    500: '#be9b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b3e;
$custom-light: #d5b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B3E

secondary

#8E9FC9

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B3E

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

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