#BE9651#BE9651

#BE9651 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.100 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9651
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 6.88, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 42.19, 80.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.018 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.1 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6284, 33.3560, 12.4501)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9651 #5179BE

analogous

#BE5F51 #BE9651 #AFBE51

triadic

#BE9651 #51BE96 #9651BE

tetradic

#BE9651 #51BE5F #5179BE #BE51AF

square

#BE9651 #51BE5F #5179BE #BE51AF

split-complementary

#BE9651 #51AFBE #5F51BE

monochromatic

#6C5328 #997639 #BE9651 #CFB17E #DFCCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BE9651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BE9651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9651

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9651	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.100 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b484',
    500: '#be9651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9651;
$custom-light: #d4b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.982,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69608,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9651

secondary

#9EAFCD

accent

#83D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9651

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

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