#BE9251#BE9251

#BE9251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9251
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 9.07, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 41.42, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0245 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.098 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0010, 32.1012, 12.2410)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9251 #517DBE

analogous

#BE5B51 #BE9251 #B3BE51

triadic

#BE9251 #51BE92 #9251BE

tetradic

#BE9251 #51BE5B #517DBE #BE51B3

square

#BE9251 #51BE5B #517DBE #BE51B3

split-complementary

#BE9251 #51B3BE #5B51BE

monochromatic

#6C5128 #997239 #BE9251 #CFAE7E #DFCAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BE9251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BE9251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9251

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9251	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3934B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b183',
    500: '#be9251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9251;
$custom-light: #d4b183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68807,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9251

secondary

#9EB1CD

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9251

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

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