#BE9E49#BE9E49

#BE9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BE9E49
RGBrgb(190, 158, 73)
HSLhsl(44, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(44, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.8%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.43, 1.93, 47.85)
CIE-LCHlch(66.43, 47.89, 87.69°)
OKLaboklab(71.14% 0.0026 0.1104)
OKLCHoklch(71.14% 0.11 88.7)
XYZxyz(34.6663, 35.8839, 11.4024)
Luminance0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BE9E49 #4969BE
analogous
#BE6449 #BE9E49 #A3BE49
triadic
#BE9E49 #49BE9E #9E49BE
tetradic
#BE9E49 #49BE64 #4969BE #BE49A3
square
#BE9E49 #49BE64 #4969BE #BE49A3
split-complementary
#BE9E49 #49A3BE #6449BE
monochromatic
#685525 #957B35 #BE9E49 #CEB676 #DECEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#BE9E49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18
#BE9E49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E49
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BE9E49#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BE9E491.002.578.188.18
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1821.001.001.00
##0000008.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9C40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A54C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD928B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #be9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 88.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7f',
    500: '#be9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #be9e49;
$custom-light: #d5ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#be9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BE9E49
secondary
#98A6CB
accent
#76D751
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6EE
border
#D4D0C9
text
#15110A
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

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#BE9E49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva