#BE9D47#BE9D47

#BE9D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D47
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 2.34, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 48.54, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0035 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.112 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4312, 35.5180, 11.0021)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D47 #4768BE

analogous

#BE6147 #BE9D47 #A3BE47

triadic

#BE9D47 #47BE9D #9D47BE

tetradic

#BE9D47 #47BE61 #4768BE #BE47A3

square

#BE9D47 #47BE61 #4768BE #BE47A3

split-complementary

#BE9D47 #47A3BE #6147BE

monochromatic

#665424 #947934 #BE9D47 #CEB574 #DECDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BE9D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D47

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D47	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)

#AD9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97d',
    500: '#be9d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d47;
$custom-light: #d5b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.361,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D47

secondary

#96A5CB

accent

#76D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D47

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

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