#BE9456#BE9456

#BE9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.094 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9456
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 8.39, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 39.43, 77.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0231 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.094 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5064, 32.8009, 13.3687)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9456 #5680BE

analogous

#BE6056 #BE9456 #B4BE56

triadic

#BE9456 #56BE94 #9456BE

tetradic

#BE9456 #56BE60 #5680BE #BE56B4

square

#BE9456 #56BE60 #5680BE #BE56B4

split-complementary

#BE9456 #56B4BE #6056BE

monochromatic

#6F532B #9B753C #BE9456 #CFB082 #E0CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BE9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9456

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9456	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)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.094 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b387',
    500: '#be9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9456;
$custom-light: #d4b387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69277,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9456

secondary

#A2B4CE

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9456

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

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