#BE9D40#BE9D40

#BE9D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D40
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 1.88, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 51.67, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0013 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.117 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2194, 35.4333, 9.8864)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D40 #4061BE

analogous

#BE5E40 #BE9D40 #A0BE40

triadic

#BE9D40 #40BE9D #9D40BE

tetradic

#BE9D40 #40BE5E #4061BE #BE40A0

square

#BE9D40 #40BE5E #4061BE #BE40A0

split-complementary

#BE9D40 #40A0BE #5E40BE

monochromatic

#625121 #907731 #BE9D40 #CEB56D #DDCC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BE9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D40

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D40	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b979',
    500: '#be9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d40;
$custom-light: #d5b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D40

secondary

#909FC9

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D40

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

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