#BE9C3D#BE9C3D

#BE9C3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C3D
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 2.25, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 52.71, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.002 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.119 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9678, 35.0631, 9.3927)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C3D #3D5FBE

analogous

#BE5C3D #BE9C3D #A0BE3D

triadic

#BE9C3D #3DBE9C #9C3DBE

tetradic

#BE9C3D #3DBE5C #3D5FBE #BE3DA0

square

#BE9C3D #3DBE5C #3D5FBE #BE3DA0

split-complementary

#BE9C3D #3DA0BE #5C3DBE

monochromatic

#61501F #90762E #BE9C3D #CFB469 #DECB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE9C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C3D	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)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b877',
    500: '#be9c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c3d;
$custom-light: #d5b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.186,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C3D

secondary

#8D9DC9

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C3D

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

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