#BE9E4C#BE9E4C

#BE9E4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E4C
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 2.15, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 46.50, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0036 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.108 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7682, 35.9246, 11.9389)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E4C #4C6CBE

analogous

#BE654C #BE9E4C #A5BE4C

triadic

#BE9E4C #4CBE9E #9E4CBE

tetradic

#BE9E4C #4CBE65 #4C6CBE #BE4CA5

square

#BE9E4C #4CBE65 #4C6CBE #BE4CA5

split-complementary

#BE9E4C #4CA5BE #654CBE

monochromatic

#695726 #967B37 #BE9E4C #CEB679 #DFCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BE9E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E4C

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E4C	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)

#AE9D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba81',
    500: '#be9e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e4c;
$custom-light: #d4ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E4C

secondary

#9AA8CC

accent

#77D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E4C

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

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