#BE9D3C#BE9D3C

#BE9D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D3C
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 1.65, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 53.39, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0001 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.12 90)
XYZ	xyz(34.1096, 35.3894, 9.3083)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D3C #3C5DBE

analogous

#BE5C3C #BE9D3C #9EBE3C

triadic

#BE9D3C #3CBE9D #9D3CBE

tetradic

#BE9D3C #3CBE5C #3C5DBE #BE3C9E

square

#BE9D3C #3CBE5C #3C5DBE #BE3C9E

split-complementary

#BE9D3C #3C9EBE #5C3CBE

monochromatic

#61501F #8F772D #BE9D3C #CFB568 #DECC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BE9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D3C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D3C	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b977',
    500: '#be9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d3c;
$custom-light: #d5b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D3C

secondary

#8C9CCA

accent

#71DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D3C

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

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