#BE9E41#BE9E41

#BE9E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E41
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 1.41, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 51.49, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.117 90)
XYZ	xyz(34.4180, 35.7845, 10.0943)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E41 #4161BE

analogous

#BE5F41 #BE9E41 #A0BE41

triadic

#BE9E41 #41BE9E #9E41BE

tetradic

#BE9E41 #41BE5F #4161BE #BE41A0

square

#BE9E41 #41BE5F #4161BE #BE41A0

split-complementary

#BE9E41 #41A0BE #5F41BE

monochromatic

#635222 #907831 #BE9E41 #CEB56F #DDCD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BE9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E41

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E41	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7a',
    500: '#be9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e41;
$custom-light: #d5ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71054,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E41

secondary

#91A0C9

accent

#72D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E41

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

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