#BE9255#BE9255

#BE9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9255
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 9.40, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 39.54, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0259 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.095 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1554, 32.1629, 13.0543)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9255 #5581BE

analogous

#BE5E55 #BE9255 #B6BE55

triadic

#BE9255 #55BE92 #9255BE

tetradic

#BE9255 #55BE5E #5581BE #BE55B6

square

#BE9255 #55BE5E #5581BE #BE55B6

split-complementary

#BE9255 #55B6BE #5E55BE

monochromatic

#6E522A #9B733B #BE9255 #CFAE81 #E0CBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BE9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BE9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9255

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9255	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b186',
    500: '#be9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9255;
$custom-light: #d4b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68864,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9255

secondary

#A1B4CE

accent

#89D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9255

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

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