#BE9559#BE9559

#BE9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.092 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9559
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 8.10, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 38.19, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0226 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.092 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7874, 33.1654, 14.0712)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9559 #5982BE

analogous

#BE6359 #BE9559 #B4BE59

triadic

#BE9559 #59BE95 #9559BE

tetradic

#BE9559 #59BE63 #5982BE #BE59B4

square

#BE9559 #59BE63 #5982BE #BE59B4

split-complementary

#BE9559 #59B4BE #6359BE

monochromatic

#71552C #9D763D #BE9559 #CFB185 #E0CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BE9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BE9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9559

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9559	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.092 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b489',
    500: '#be9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9559;
$custom-light: #d4b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.644,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69521,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9559

secondary

#A4B5CF

accent

#88D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9559

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

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