#BE9356#BE9356

#BE9356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.094 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9356
RGB	rgb(190, 147, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 8.93, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 39.25, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0247 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.094 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3503, 32.4886, 13.3166)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9356 #5681BE

analogous

#BE5F56 #BE9356 #B5BE56

triadic

#BE9356 #56BE93 #9356BE

tetradic

#BE9356 #56BE5F #5681BE #BE56B5

square

#BE9356 #56BE5F #5681BE #BE56B5

split-complementary

#BE9356 #56B5BE #5F56BE

monochromatic

#6F532B #9B743C #BE9356 #CFAF82 #E0CBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BE9356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BE9356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9356

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9356	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 147, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.094 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b287',
    500: '#be9356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9356;
$custom-light: #d4b287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.192,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69077,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9356

secondary

#A2B4CE

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9356

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

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