#BE9D4D#BE9D4D

#BE9D4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D4D
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 2.76, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 45.76, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0055 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.106 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.6334, 35.5989, 12.0668)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D4D #4D6EBE

analogous

#BE654D #BE9D4D #A6BE4D

triadic

#BE9D4D #4DBE9D #9D4DBE

tetradic

#BE9D4D #4DBE65 #4D6EBE #BE4DA6

square

#BE9D4D #4DBE65 #4D6EBE #BE4DA6

split-complementary

#BE9D4D #4DA6BE #654DBE

monochromatic

#6A5627 #977B37 #BE9D4D #CEB67A #DFCEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D4D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D4D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b981',
    500: '#be9d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d4d;
$custom-light: #d4b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7098,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D4D

secondary

#9BA9CC

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D4D

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

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