#BE9D43#BE9D43

#BE9D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D43
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 2.07, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 50.34, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0022 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.115 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3070, 35.4683, 10.3482)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D43 #4364BE

analogous

#BE5F43 #BE9D43 #A2BE43

triadic

#BE9D43 #43BE9D #9D43BE

tetradic

#BE9D43 #43BE5F #4364BE #BE43A2

square

#BE9D43 #43BE5F #4364BE #BE43A2

split-complementary

#BE9D43 #43A2BE #5F43BE

monochromatic

#645223 #917832 #BE9D43 #CEB570 #DDCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BE9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D43

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D43	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AE9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97b',
    500: '#be9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d43;
$custom-light: #d5b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70868,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D43

secondary

#93A2CA

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D43

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

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