#BE9757#BE9757

#BE9757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9757
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 6.83, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 39.55, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0186 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.095 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0237, 33.7705, 13.7413)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9757 #577EBE

analogous

#BE6457 #BE9757 #B1BE57

triadic

#BE9757 #57BE97 #9757BE

tetradic

#BE9757 #57BE64 #577EBE #BE57B1

square

#BE9757 #57BE64 #577EBE #BE57B1

split-complementary

#BE9757 #57B1BE #6457BE

monochromatic

#6F562B #9C773C #BE9757 #CFB283 #E0CEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BE9757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9757

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9757	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)

#A79852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b588',
    500: '#be9757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9757;
$custom-light: #d4b588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.282,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9757

secondary

#A3B3CE

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9757

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

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