#BE9351#BE9351

#BE9351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9351
RGB	rgb(190, 147, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 8.52, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 41.60, 78.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0228 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.099 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1558, 32.4108, 12.2926)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9351 #517CBE

analogous

#BE5C51 #BE9351 #B3BE51

triadic

#BE9351 #51BE93 #9351BE

tetradic

#BE9351 #51BE5C #517CBE #BE51B3

square

#BE9351 #51BE5C #517CBE #BE51B3

split-complementary

#BE9351 #51B3BE #5C51BE

monochromatic

#6C5128 #997339 #BE9351 #CFAF7E #DFCAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BE9351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BE9351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9351

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9351	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 147, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b283',
    500: '#be9351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9351;
$custom-light: #d4b283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9351

secondary

#9EB0CD

accent

#86D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9351

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

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