#BE9755#BE9755

#BE9755 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9755
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 6.66, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 40.51, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0179 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.096 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9431, 33.7383, 13.3169)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9755 #557CBE

analogous

#BE6355 #BE9755 #B1BE55

triadic

#BE9755 #55BE97 #9755BE

tetradic

#BE9755 #55BE63 #557CBE #BE55B1

square

#BE9755 #55BE63 #557CBE #BE55B1

split-complementary

#BE9755 #55B1BE #6355BE

monochromatic

#6E552A #9B773B #BE9755 #CFB281 #E0CDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE9755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9755

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9755	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b586',
    500: '#be9755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9755;
$custom-light: #d4b586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9755

secondary

#A1B2CE

accent

#83D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9755

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

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