#BE9D3E#BE9D3E

#BE9D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D3E
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 1.77, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 52.53, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0007 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.119 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1635, 35.4109, 9.5920)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D3E #3E5FBE

analogous

#BE5D3E #BE9D3E #9FBE3E

triadic

#BE9D3E #3EBE9D #9D3EBE

tetradic

#BE9D3E #3EBE5D #3E5FBE #BE3E9F

square

#BE9D3E #3EBE5D #3E5FBE #BE3E9F

split-complementary

#BE9D3E #3E9FBE #5D3EBE

monochromatic

#625120 #90772F #BE9D3E #CFB56B #DECC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BE9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D3E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D3E	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)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b978',
    500: '#be9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d3e;
$custom-light: #d5b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70819,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D3E

secondary

#8E9EC9

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D3E

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

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