#BE9656#BE9656

#BE9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9656
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 7.29, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 39.82, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0199 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.095 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8229, 33.4338, 13.4742)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9656 #567EBE

analogous

#BE6256 #BE9656 #B2BE56

triadic

#BE9656 #56BE96 #9656BE

tetradic

#BE9656 #56BE62 #567EBE #BE56B2

square

#BE9656 #56BE62 #567EBE #BE56B2

split-complementary

#BE9656 #56B2BE #6256BE

monochromatic

#6F552B #9B763C #BE9656 #CFB182 #E0CDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BE9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9656

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9656	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b487',
    500: '#be9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9656;
$custom-light: #d4b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69677,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9656

secondary

#A2B3CE

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9656

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

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