#BE9C4E#BE9C4E

#BE9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C4E
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 3.38, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 45.03, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0074 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 86)
XYZ	xyz(34.5005, 35.2761, 12.1980)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C4E #4E70BE

analogous

#BE644E #BE9C4E #A8BE4E

triadic

#BE9C4E #4EBE9C #9C4EBE

tetradic

#BE9C4E #4EBE64 #4E70BE #BE4EA8

square

#BE9C4E #4EBE64 #4E70BE #BE4EA8

split-complementary

#BE9C4E #4EA8BE #644EBE

monochromatic

#6A5627 #977A38 #BE9C4E #CEB57B #DFCEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BE9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C4E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C4E	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b982',
    500: '#be9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c4e;
$custom-light: #d4b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.35274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C4E

secondary

#9CAACC

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C4E

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

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