#BE8959#BE8959

#BE8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.091 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8959
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 14.70, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 36.65, 66.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0422 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.091 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9857, 29.5620, 13.4706)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8959 #598EBE

analogous

#BE595C #BE8959 #BEBC59

triadic

#BE8959 #59BE89 #8959BE

tetradic

#BE8959 #5CBE59 #598EBE #BC59BE

square

#BE8959 #5CBE59 #598EBE #BC59BE

split-complementary

#BE8959 #59BEBC #595CBE

monochromatic

#714D2C #9D6B3D #BE8959 #CFA885 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BE8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8959

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8959	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.091 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab89',
    500: '#be8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8959;
$custom-light: #d4ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.515,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67162,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8959

secondary

#A4BACF

accent

#97D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8959

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

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