#BE9C3B#BE9C3B

#BE9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C3B
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 2.13, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 53.56, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0014 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.12 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9149, 35.0419, 9.1143)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C3B #3B5DBE

analogous

#BE5B3B #BE9C3B #9FBE3B

triadic

#BE9C3B #3BBE9C #9C3BBE

tetradic

#BE9C3B #3BBE5B #3B5DBE #BE3B9F

square

#BE9C3B #3BBE5B #3B5DBE #BE3B9F

split-complementary

#BE9C3B #3B9FBE #5B3BBE

monochromatic

#614F1E #8F762C #BE9C3B #D0B467 #DECB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C3B	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b876',
    500: '#be9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c3b;
$custom-light: #d5b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C3B

secondary

#8B9BCA

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C3B

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

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