#BE9E50#BE9E50

#BE9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E50
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 2.45, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 44.62, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.005 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.104 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9116, 35.9820, 12.6942)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E50 #5070BE

analogous

#BE6750 #BE9E50 #A7BE50

triadic

#BE9E50 #50BE9E #9E50BE

tetradic

#BE9E50 #50BE67 #5070BE #BE50A7

square

#BE9E50 #50BE67 #5070BE #BE50A7

split-complementary

#BE9E50 #50A7BE #6750BE

monochromatic

#6C5828 #987C39 #BE9E50 #CFB77D #DFCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E50

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E50	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba83',
    500: '#be9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e50;
$custom-light: #d4ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E50

secondary

#9DABCD

accent

#78D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E50

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

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