#BE9D49#BE9D49

#BE9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D49
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 2.47, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 47.62, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0041 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.11 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4965, 35.5441, 11.3457)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D49 #496ABE

analogous

#BE6349 #BE9D49 #A5BE49

triadic

#BE9D49 #49BE9D #9D49BE

tetradic

#BE9D49 #49BE63 #496ABE #BE49A5

square

#BE9D49 #49BE63 #496ABE #BE49A5

split-complementary

#BE9D49 #49A5BE #6349BE

monochromatic

#685525 #957A35 #BE9D49 #CEB576 #DECEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BE9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D49

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D49	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)

#AD9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97f',
    500: '#be9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d49;
$custom-light: #d5b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D49

secondary

#98A6CB

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D49

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

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