#BE9655#BE9655

#BE9655 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.096 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9655
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 7.21, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 40.30, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0195 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.096 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7829, 33.4178, 13.2635)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9655 #557DBE

analogous

#BE6255 #BE9655 #B2BE55

triadic

#BE9655 #55BE96 #9655BE

tetradic

#BE9655 #55BE62 #557DBE #BE55B2

square

#BE9655 #55BE62 #557DBE #BE55B2

split-complementary

#BE9655 #55B2BE #6255BE

monochromatic

#6E542A #9B763B #BE9655 #CFB181 #E0CDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE9655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BE9655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9655

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9655	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#A6974F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.096 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b486',
    500: '#be9655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9655;
$custom-light: #d4b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69663,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9655

secondary

#A1B2CE

accent

#85D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9655

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

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