#BE9D3D#BE9D3D

#BE9D3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D3D
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 1.71, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 52.96, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0004 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.119 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1363, 35.4000, 9.4489)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D3D #3D5EBE

analogous

#BE5D3D #BE9D3D #9FBE3D

triadic

#BE9D3D #3DBE9D #9D3DBE

tetradic

#BE9D3D #3DBE5D #3D5EBE #BE3D9F

square

#BE9D3D #3DBE5D #3D5EBE #BE3D9F

split-complementary

#BE9D3D #3D9FBE #5D3DBE

monochromatic

#61501F #90772E #BE9D3D #CFB569 #DECC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BE9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D3D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D3D	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b977',
    500: '#be9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d3d;
$custom-light: #d5b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D3D

secondary

#8D9DC9

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D3D

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

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