#BE9E4A#BE9E4A

#BE9E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E4A
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 2.00, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 47.43, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0029 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.11 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6998, 35.8972, 11.5784)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E4A #4A6ABE

analogous

#BE644A #BE9E4A #A4BE4A

triadic

#BE9E4A #4ABE9E #9E4ABE

tetradic

#BE9E4A #4ABE64 #4A6ABE #BE4AA4

square

#BE9E4A #4ABE64 #4A6ABE #BE4AA4

split-complementary

#BE9E4A #4AA4BE #644ABE

monochromatic

#685625 #957B36 #BE9E4A #CEB677 #DECEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BE9E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E4A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E4A	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)

#AE9C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba7f',
    500: '#be9e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e4a;
$custom-light: #d5ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E4A

secondary

#98A6CB

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E4A

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

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