#BE9C48#BE9C48

#BE9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C48
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 2.95, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 47.82, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0054 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.11 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2951, 35.1940, 11.1164)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C48 #486ABE

analogous

#BE6148 #BE9C48 #A5BE48

triadic

#BE9C48 #48BE9C #9C48BE

tetradic

#BE9C48 #48BE61 #486ABE #BE48A5

square

#BE9C48 #48BE61 #486ABE #BE48A5

split-complementary

#BE9C48 #48A5BE #6148BE

monochromatic

#675425 #947935 #BE9C48 #CEB475 #DECDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BE9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C48

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C48	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97e',
    500: '#be9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c48;
$custom-light: #d5b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.712,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C48

secondary

#97A6CB

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C48

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

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