#BE9D4A#BE9D4A

#BE9D4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D4A
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 2.54, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 47.16, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0045 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.109 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5299, 35.5575, 11.5218)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D4A #4A6BBE

analogous

#BE634A #BE9D4A #A5BE4A

triadic

#BE9D4A #4ABE9D #9D4ABE

tetradic

#BE9D4A #4ABE63 #4A6BBE #BE4AA5

square

#BE9D4A #4ABE63 #4A6BBE #BE4AA5

split-complementary

#BE9D4A #4AA5BE #634ABE

monochromatic

#685525 #957A36 #BE9D4A #CEB577 #DECEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BE9D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D4A

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D4A	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)

#AD9C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b97f',
    500: '#be9d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d4a;
$custom-light: #d5b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.931,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D4A

secondary

#98A7CB

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D4A

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

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