#BE9C3F#BE9C3F

#BE9C3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C3F
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 2.37, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 51.85, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0025 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.117 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0227, 35.0850, 9.6817)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C3F #3F61BE

analogous

#BE5D3F #BE9C3F #A1BE3F

triadic

#BE9C3F #3FBE9C #9C3FBE

tetradic

#BE9C3F #3FBE5D #3F61BE #BE3FA1

square

#BE9C3F #3FBE5D #3F61BE #BE3FA1

split-complementary

#BE9C3F #3FA1BE #5D3FBE

monochromatic

#625121 #907630 #BE9C3F #CEB46C #DDCB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BE9C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C3F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C3F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b878',
    500: '#be9c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c3f;
$custom-light: #d5b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 50.198,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C3F

secondary

#8F9FC9

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C3F

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

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