#BE9D45#BE9D45

#BE9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D45
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 2.20, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 49.45, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0028 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.113 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3681, 35.4928, 10.6696)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D45 #4566BE

analogous

#BE6045 #BE9D45 #A3BE45

triadic

#BE9D45 #45BE9D #9D45BE

tetradic

#BE9D45 #45BE60 #4566BE #BE45A3

square

#BE9D45 #45BE60 #4566BE #BE45A3

split-complementary

#BE9D45 #45A3BE #6045BE

monochromatic

#655323 #937933 #BE9D45 #CEB572 #DECDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BE9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D45

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D45	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97c',
    500: '#be9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d45;
$custom-light: #d5b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70889,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D45

secondary

#95A3CA

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D45

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →