#BE9D52#BE9D52

#BE9D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D52
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 3.15, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 43.39, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0072 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.102 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8167, 35.6722, 13.0326)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D52 #5273BE

analogous

#BE6752 #BE9D52 #A9BE52

triadic

#BE9D52 #52BE9D #9D52BE

tetradic

#BE9D52 #52BE67 #5273BE #BE52A9

square

#BE9D52 #52BE67 #5273BE #BE52A9

split-complementary

#BE9D52 #52A9BE #6752BE

monochromatic

#6D5829 #997C3A #BE9D52 #CFB67E #DFCFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D52

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D52	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b985',
    500: '#be9d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d52;
$custom-light: #d4b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D52

secondary

#9FADCD

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D52

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

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