#BE9259#BE9259

#BE9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.091 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9259
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 9.74, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 37.66, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0275 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.091 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3189, 32.2283, 13.9150)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9259 #5985BE

analogous

#BE5F59 #BE9259 #B8BE59

triadic

#BE9259 #59BE92 #9259BE

tetradic

#BE9259 #59BE5F #5985BE #BE59B8

square

#BE9259 #59BE5F #5985BE #BE59B8

split-complementary

#BE9259 #59B8BE #5F59BE

monochromatic

#71532C #9D733D #BE9259 #CFAF85 #E0CCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BE9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BE9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9259

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9259	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.091 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b189',
    500: '#be9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9259;
$custom-light: #d4b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.861,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9259

secondary

#A4B7CF

accent

#8CD354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9259

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

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