#BE9C3C#BE9C3C

#BE9C3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C3C
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 2.19, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 53.13, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0017 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.12 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9411, 35.0524, 9.2522)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C3C #3C5EBE

analogous

#BE5B3C #BE9C3C #9FBE3C

triadic

#BE9C3C #3CBE9C #9C3CBE

tetradic

#BE9C3C #3CBE5B #3C5EBE #BE3C9F

square

#BE9C3C #3CBE5B #3C5EBE #BE3C9F

split-complementary

#BE9C3C #3C9FBE #5B3CBE

monochromatic

#61501F #8F762D #BE9C3C #CFB468 #DECB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE9C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b877',
    500: '#be9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c3c;
$custom-light: #d5b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C3C

secondary

#8C9CCA

accent

#72DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C3C

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

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