#BE9565#BE9565

#BE9565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.081 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9565
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(32, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 9.24, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 32.50, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0273 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.081 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3330, 33.3836, 16.9447)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9565 #658EBE

analogous

#BE6965 #BE9565 #BABE65

triadic

#BE9565 #65BE95 #9565BE

tetradic

#BE9565 #65BE69 #658EBE #BE65BA

square

#BE9565 #65BE69 #658EBE #BE65BA

split-complementary

#BE9565 #65BABE #6965BE

monochromatic

#775732 #A27744 #BE9565 #D0B390 #E2D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BE9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9565

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9565	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.081 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b491',
    500: '#be9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9565;
$custom-light: #d4b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.36,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.08088,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9565

secondary

#ADBED1

accent

#8FD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9565

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

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