#BE9552#BE9552

#BE9552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.098 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9552
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 7.51, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 41.52, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.02 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.098 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5073, 33.0533, 12.5961)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9552 #527BBE

analogous

#BE5F52 #BE9552 #B1BE52

triadic

#BE9552 #52BE95 #9552BE

tetradic

#BE9552 #52BE5F #527BBE #BE52B1

square

#BE9552 #52BE5F #527BBE #BE52B1

split-complementary

#BE9552 #52B1BE #5F52BE

monochromatic

#6D5329 #99753A #BE9552 #CFB07E #DFCCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BE9552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BE9552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9552

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9552	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.098 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b484',
    500: '#be9552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9552;
$custom-light: #d4b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9552

secondary

#9FB0CD

accent

#84D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9552

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

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