#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
RGBrgb(190, 155, 64)
HSLhsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSVhsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.56, 2.97, 51.07)
CIE-LCHlch(65.56, 51.16, 86.68°)
OKLaboklab(70.43% 0.0044 0.116)
OKLCHoklch(70.43% 0.116 87.8)
XYZxyz(33.8838, 34.7621, 9.7745)
Luminance0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BE9B401.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

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

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#BE9B40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva