#BE9E42#BE9E42

#BE9E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E42
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 1.47, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 51.05, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0003 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.116 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4472, 35.7962, 10.2482)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E42 #4262BE

analogous

#BE6042 #BE9E42 #A0BE42

triadic

#BE9E42 #42BE9E #9E42BE

tetradic

#BE9E42 #42BE60 #4262BE #BE42A0

square

#BE9E42 #42BE60 #4262BE #BE42A0

split-complementary

#BE9E42 #42A0BE #6042BE

monochromatic

#635322 #917832 #BE9E42 #CEB570 #DDCD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BE9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E42

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E42	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7a',
    500: '#be9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e42;
$custom-light: #d5ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E42

secondary

#92A0CA

accent

#73D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E42

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

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