#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
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 1.93, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 47.89, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0026 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.11 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6663, 35.8839, 11.4024)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BE9E49	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BE9E49

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

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