#BE9E4E#BE9E4E

#BE9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E4E
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 2.30, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 45.56, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0043 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.106 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8388, 35.9529, 12.3108)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E4E #4E6EBE

analogous

#BE664E #BE9E4E #A6BE4E

triadic

#BE9E4E #4EBE9E #9E4EBE

tetradic

#BE9E4E #4EBE66 #4E6EBE #BE4EA6

square

#BE9E4E #4EBE66 #4E6EBE #BE4EA6

split-complementary

#BE9E4E #4EA6BE #664EBE

monochromatic

#6A5727 #977C38 #BE9E4E #CEB77B #DFCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BE9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E4E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E4E	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)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba82',
    500: '#be9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e4e;
$custom-light: #d4ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E4E

secondary

#9CA9CC

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E4E

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

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