#BE9C3E#BE9C3E

#BE9C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C3E
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 2.31, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 52.28, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0022 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.118 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9950, 35.0739, 9.5359)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C3E #3E60BE

analogous

#BE5C3E #BE9C3E #A0BE3E

triadic

#BE9C3E #3EBE9C #9C3EBE

tetradic

#BE9C3E #3EBE5C #3E60BE #BE3EA0

square

#BE9C3E #3EBE5C #3E60BE #BE3EA0

split-complementary

#BE9C3E #3EA0BE #5C3EBE

monochromatic

#625020 #90762F #BE9C3E #CFB46B #DECB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C3E	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)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b878',
    500: '#be9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c3e;
$custom-light: #d5b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C3E

secondary

#8E9EC9

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C3E

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

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