#BE9E45#BE9E45

#BE9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E45
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 1.66, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 49.71, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0013 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.114 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5380, 35.8325, 10.7263)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E45 #4565BE

analogous

#BE6145 #BE9E45 #A1BE45

triadic

#BE9E45 #45BE9E #9E45BE

tetradic

#BE9E45 #45BE61 #4565BE #BE45A1

square

#BE9E45 #45BE61 #4565BE #BE45A1

split-complementary

#BE9E45 #45A1BE #6145BE

monochromatic

#655423 #937933 #BE9E45 #CEB672 #DECDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BE9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E45

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E45	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7c',
    500: '#be9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e45;
$custom-light: #d5ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.132,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71095,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E45

secondary

#95A3CA

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E45

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

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