#BE9151#BE9151

#BE9151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9151
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 9.62, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 41.25, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0261 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.098 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8475, 31.7942, 12.1898)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9151 #517EBE

analogous

#BE5A51 #BE9151 #B5BE51

triadic

#BE9151 #51BE91 #9151BE

tetradic

#BE9151 #51BE5A #517EBE #BE51B5

square

#BE9151 #51BE5A #517EBE #BE51B5

split-complementary

#BE9151 #51B5BE #5A51BE

monochromatic

#6C5028 #997139 #BE9151 #CFAD7E #DFC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BE9151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9151

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9151	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b183',
    500: '#be9151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9151;
$custom-light: #d5b183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9151

secondary

#9EB1CD

accent

#89D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9151

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

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