#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
RGBrgb(190, 158, 66)
HSLhsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(45, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.36, 1.47, 51.03)
CIE-LCHlch(66.36, 51.05, 88.35°)
OKLaboklab(71.06% 0.0003 0.1162)
OKLCHoklch(71.06% 0.116 89.8)
XYZxyz(34.4472, 35.7962, 10.2482)
Luminance0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##BE9E421.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

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

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#BE9E42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva