#BE9761#BE9761

#BE9761 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.085 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9761
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 7.74, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 34.75, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0225 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.085 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4609, 33.9454, 16.0439)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9761 #6188BE

analogous

#BE6961 #BE9761 #B7BE61

triadic

#BE9761 #61BE97 #9761BE

tetradic

#BE9761 #61BE69 #6188BE #BE61B7

square

#BE9761 #61BE69 #6188BE #BE61B7

split-complementary

#BE9761 #61B7BE #6961BE

monochromatic

#755830 #A07842 #BE9761 #D0B48C #E2D0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BE9761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BE9761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9761

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9761	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.085 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b58f',
    500: '#be9761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9761;
$custom-light: #d4b58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9761

secondary

#AABAD1

accent

#8AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9761

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

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