#BE9E4D#BE9E4D

#BE9E4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E4D
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 77)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 2.22, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 46.03, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0039 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.107 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8032, 35.9386, 12.1234)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E4D #4D6DBE

analogous

#BE664D #BE9E4D #A5BE4D

triadic

#BE9E4D #4DBE9E #9E4DBE

tetradic

#BE9E4D #4DBE66 #4D6DBE #BE4DA5

square

#BE9E4D #4DBE66 #4D6DBE #BE4DA5

split-complementary

#BE9E4D #4DA5BE #664DBE

monochromatic

#6A5727 #977C37 #BE9E4D #CEB67A #DFCFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BE9E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E4D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E4D	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba81',
    500: '#be9e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e4d;
$custom-light: #d4ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.009,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E4D

secondary

#9BA9CC

accent

#77D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E4D

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

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