#BE9B40#BE9B40

#BE9B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B40
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 2.97, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 51.16, 86.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0044 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.116 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8838, 34.7621, 9.7745)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B40 #4063BE

analogous

#BE5C40 #BE9B40 #A2BE40

triadic

#BE9B40 #40BE9B #9B40BE

tetradic

#BE9B40 #40BE5C #4063BE #BE40A2

square

#BE9B40 #40BE5C #4063BE #BE40A2

split-complementary

#BE9B40 #40A2BE #5C40BE

monochromatic

#625021 #907631 #BE9B40 #CEB36D #DDCB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BE9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B40

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B40	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)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b879',
    500: '#be9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b40;
$custom-light: #d5b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B40

secondary

#90A0C9

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B40

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

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