#BE9E43#BE9E43

#BE9E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E43
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 1.53, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 50.61, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0006 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.115 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4769, 35.8081, 10.4048)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E43 #4363BE

analogous

#BE6043 #BE9E43 #A1BE43

triadic

#BE9E43 #43BE9E #9E43BE

tetradic

#BE9E43 #43BE60 #4363BE #BE43A1

square

#BE9E43 #43BE60 #4363BE #BE43A1

split-complementary

#BE9E43 #43A1BE #6043BE

monochromatic

#645323 #917932 #BE9E43 #CEB570 #DDCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BE9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E43

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E43	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)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7b',
    500: '#be9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e43;
$custom-light: #d5ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E43

secondary

#93A1CA

accent

#73D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E43

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

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