#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
RGBrgb(190, 156, 72)
HSLhsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSVhsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.90, 2.95, 47.73)
CIE-LCHlch(65.90, 47.82, 86.47°)
OKLaboklab(70.72% 0.0054 0.11)
OKLCHoklch(70.72% 0.11 87.2)
XYZxyz(34.2951, 35.1940, 11.1164)
Luminance0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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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
##BE9C481.002.618.048.04
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0421.001.001.00
##0000008.0421.001.001.00

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

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#BE9C48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva