#BE9455#BE9455

#BE9455 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.095 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9455
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 8.30, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 39.90, 77.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0227 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.095 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4664, 32.7849, 13.1580)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9455 #557FBE

analogous

#BE6055 #BE9455 #B4BE55

triadic

#BE9455 #55BE94 #9455BE

tetradic

#BE9455 #55BE60 #557FBE #BE55B4

square

#BE9455 #55BE60 #557FBE #BE55B4

split-complementary

#BE9455 #55B4BE #6055BE

monochromatic

#6E532A #9B743B #BE9455 #CFB081 #E0CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BE9455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9455

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9455	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.095 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b386',
    500: '#be9455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9455;
$custom-light: #d4b386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69262,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9455

secondary

#A1B3CE

accent

#87D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9455

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

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