#BE9555#BE9555

#BE9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9555
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 7.75, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 40.09, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0211 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.096 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6240, 33.1000, 13.2105)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9555 #557EBE

analogous

#BE6155 #BE9555 #B3BE55

triadic

#BE9555 #55BE95 #9555BE

tetradic

#BE9555 #55BE61 #557EBE #BE55B3

square

#BE9555 #55BE61 #557EBE #BE55B3

split-complementary

#BE9555 #55B3BE #6155BE

monochromatic

#6E542A #9B753B #BE9555 #CFB181 #E0CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BE9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BE9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9555

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9555	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b486',
    500: '#be9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9555;
$custom-light: #d4b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9555

secondary

#A1B2CE

accent

#86D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9555

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

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