#BE9851#BE9851

#BE9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9851
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 5.79, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 42.63, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0148 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.1 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9503, 33.9998, 12.5574)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9851 #5177BE

analogous

#BE6151 #BE9851 #ADBE51

triadic

#BE9851 #51BE98 #9851BE

tetradic

#BE9851 #51BE61 #5177BE #BE51AD

square

#BE9851 #51BE61 #5177BE #BE51AD

split-complementary

#BE9851 #51ADBE #6151BE

monochromatic

#6C5528 #997739 #BE9851 #CFB27E #DFCDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BE9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9851

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9851	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b684',
    500: '#be9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9851;
$custom-light: #d4b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.083,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70012,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9851

secondary

#9EAECD

accent

#80D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9851

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

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