#BE9E4B#BE9E4B

#BE9E4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E4B
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 2.08, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 46.97, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0032 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.109 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7337, 35.9108, 11.7572)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E4B #4B6BBE

analogous

#BE644B #BE9E4B #A5BE4B

triadic

#BE9E4B #4BBE9E #9E4BBE

tetradic

#BE9E4B #4BBE64 #4B6BBE #BE4BA5

square

#BE9E4B #4BBE64 #4B6BBE #BE4BA5

split-complementary

#BE9E4B #4BA5BE #644BBE

monochromatic

#695626 #967B36 #BE9E4B #CEB678 #DECEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BE9E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E4B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E4B	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)

#AE9C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba80',
    500: '#be9e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e4b;
$custom-light: #d5ba80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.304,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E4B

secondary

#99A7CC

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E4B

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

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