#BE9D4E#BE9D4E

#BE9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D4E
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 2.84, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 45.29, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0058 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.106 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6689, 35.6131, 12.2542)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D4E #4E6FBE

analogous

#BE654E #BE9D4E #A7BE4E

triadic

#BE9D4E #4EBE9D #9D4EBE

tetradic

#BE9D4E #4EBE65 #4E6FBE #BE4EA7

square

#BE9D4E #4EBE65 #4E6FBE #BE4EA7

split-complementary

#BE9D4E #4EA7BE #654EBE

monochromatic

#6A5727 #977B38 #BE9D4E #CEB67B #DFCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D4E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D4E	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)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b982',
    500: '#be9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d4e;
$custom-light: #d4b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.321,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70992,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D4E

secondary

#9CAACC

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D4E

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

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