#BE9E44#BE9E44

#BE9E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E44
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 1.60, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 50.16, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.001 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.115 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5072, 35.8202, 10.5642)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E44 #4464BE

analogous

#BE6144 #BE9E44 #A1BE44

triadic

#BE9E44 #44BE9E #9E44BE

tetradic

#BE9E44 #44BE61 #4464BE #BE44A1

square

#BE9E44 #44BE61 #4464BE #BE44A1

split-complementary

#BE9E44 #44A1BE #6144BE

monochromatic

#655323 #927933 #BE9E44 #CEB671 #DECD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BE9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E44

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E44	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)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7c',
    500: '#be9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e44;
$custom-light: #d5ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E44

secondary

#94A2CA

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E44

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

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