#BE9B49#BE9B49

#BE9B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B49
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 3.56, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 47.11, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0073 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.109 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1609, 34.8729, 11.2339)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B49 #496CBE

analogous

#BE6149 #BE9B49 #A7BE49

triadic

#BE9B49 #49BE9B #9B49BE

tetradic

#BE9B49 #49BE61 #496CBE #BE49A7

square

#BE9B49 #49BE61 #496CBE #BE49A7

split-complementary

#BE9B49 #49A7BE #6149BE

monochromatic

#685425 #957835 #BE9B49 #CEB476 #DECDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BE9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B49

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B49	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b87f',
    500: '#be9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b49;
$custom-light: #d5b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B49

secondary

#98A7CB

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B49

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

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