#BE9C49#BE9C49

#BE9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C49
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 3.02, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 47.36, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0057 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.109 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.3280, 35.2071, 11.2896)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C49 #496BBE

analogous

#BE6249 #BE9C49 #A6BE49

triadic

#BE9C49 #49BE9C #9C49BE

tetradic

#BE9C49 #49BE62 #496BBE #BE49A6

square

#BE9C49 #49BE62 #496BBE #BE49A6

split-complementary

#BE9C49 #49A6BE #6249BE

monochromatic

#685425 #957935 #BE9C49 #CEB576 #DECDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BE9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C49

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C49	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)

#AC9B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97f',
    500: '#be9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c49;
$custom-light: #d5b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C49

secondary

#98A7CB

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C49

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

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