#BE9756#BE9756

#BE9756 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9756
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 6.74, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 40.03, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0183 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.095 79)
XYZ	xyz(33.9831, 33.7543, 13.5276)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9756 #567DBE

analogous

#BE6356 #BE9756 #B1BE56

triadic

#BE9756 #56BE97 #9756BE

tetradic

#BE9756 #56BE63 #567DBE #BE56B1

square

#BE9756 #56BE63 #567DBE #BE56B1

split-complementary

#BE9756 #56B1BE #6356BE

monochromatic

#6F552B #9B773C #BE9756 #CFB282 #E0CDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE9756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9756

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9756	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)

#A79750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b587',
    500: '#be9756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9756;
$custom-light: #d4b587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69878,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9756

secondary

#A2B2CE

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9756

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

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