#BE9B45#BE9B45

#BE9B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B45
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 3.28, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 48.93, 86.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.006 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.112 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0325, 34.8215, 10.5578)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B45 #4568BE

analogous

#BE5E45 #BE9B45 #A4BE45

triadic

#BE9B45 #45BE9B #9B45BE

tetradic

#BE9B45 #45BE5E #4568BE #BE45A4

square

#BE9B45 #45BE5E #4568BE #BE45A4

split-complementary

#BE9B45 #45A4BE #5E45BE

monochromatic

#655223 #937733 #BE9B45 #CEB372 #DECCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BE9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B45

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B45	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b87c',
    500: '#be9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b45;
$custom-light: #d5b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.645,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B45

secondary

#95A4CA

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B45

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

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