#BE9B46#BE9B46

#BE9B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B46
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 3.35, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 48.48, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0063 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.111 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0638, 34.8341, 10.7226)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B46 #4669BE

analogous

#BE5F46 #BE9B46 #A5BE46

triadic

#BE9B46 #46BE9B #9B46BE

tetradic

#BE9B46 #46BE5F #4669BE #BE46A5

square

#BE9B46 #46BE5F #4669BE #BE46A5

split-complementary

#BE9B46 #46A5BE #5F46BE

monochromatic

#665324 #937734 #BE9B46 #CEB373 #DECCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BE9B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B46

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B46	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b87d',
    500: '#be9b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b46;
$custom-light: #d5b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7049,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B46

secondary

#95A5CA

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B46

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

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