#BE9178#BE9178

#BE9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.065 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9178
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(21, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(21, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 13.57, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 24.03, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0416 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.065 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7518, 32.5559, 22.2191)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9178 #78A5BE

analogous

#BE7882 #BE9178 #BEB478

triadic

#BE9178 #78BE91 #9178BE

tetradic

#BE9178 #82BE78 #78A5BE #B478BE

square

#BE9178 #82BE78 #78A5BE #B478BE

split-complementary

#BE9178 #78BEB4 #7882BE

monochromatic

#7F543D #A87051 #BE9178 #D2B3A1 #E6D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BE9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BE9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9178

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9178	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.065 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b19f',
    500: '#be9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9178;
$custom-light: #d3b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69303,
    "c": 0.06518,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9178

secondary

#BCCDD6

accent

#84AE38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF5F2

border

#D3CFCC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9178

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

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