#BE9159#BE9159

#BE9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.091 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9159
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 10.29, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 37.51, 74.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0291 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.091 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1654, 31.9214, 13.8639)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9159 #5986BE

analogous

#BE5E59 #BE9159 #B9BE59

triadic

#BE9159 #59BE91 #9159BE

tetradic

#BE9159 #59BE5E #5986BE #BE59B9

square

#BE9159 #59BE5E #5986BE #BE59B9

split-complementary

#BE9159 #59B9BE #5E59BE

monochromatic

#71522C #9D723D #BE9159 #CFAE85 #E0CBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BE9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BE9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9159

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9159	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.091 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b189',
    500: '#be9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9159;
$custom-light: #d4b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.267,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68725,
    "c": 0.09118,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9159

secondary

#A4B7CF

accent

#8DD354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9159

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

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