#BE9657#BE9657

#BE9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.094 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9657
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 7.38, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 39.34, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0202 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.094 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8634, 33.4500, 13.6878)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9657 #577FBE

analogous

#BE6357 #BE9657 #B3BE57

triadic

#BE9657 #57BE96 #9657BE

tetradic

#BE9657 #57BE63 #577FBE #BE57B3

square

#BE9657 #57BE63 #577FBE #BE57B3

split-complementary

#BE9657 #57B3BE #6357BE

monochromatic

#6F552B #9C773C #BE9657 #CFB283 #E0CDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BE9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9657

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9657	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)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.094 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b488',
    500: '#be9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9657;
$custom-light: #d4b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69692,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9657

secondary

#A3B4CE

accent

#86D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9657

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

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