#BE9D48#BE9D48

#BE9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D48
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 2.40, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 48.08, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0038 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.111 88)
XYZ	xyz(34.4636, 35.5310, 11.1725)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D48 #4869BE

analogous

#BE6248 #BE9D48 #A4BE48

triadic

#BE9D48 #48BE9D #9D48BE

tetradic

#BE9D48 #48BE62 #4869BE #BE48A4

square

#BE9D48 #48BE62 #4869BE #BE48A4

split-complementary

#BE9D48 #48A4BE #6248BE

monochromatic

#675425 #947935 #BE9D48 #CEB575 #DECDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BE9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D48

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D48	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97e',
    500: '#be9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d48;
$custom-light: #d5b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.22,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.35529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D48

secondary

#97A5CB

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D48

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

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