#BE9856#BE9856

#BE9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9856
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 6.20, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 40.25, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0167 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.096 80)
XYZ	xyz(34.1447, 34.0775, 13.5815)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9856 #567CBE

analogous

#BE6456 #BE9856 #B0BE56

triadic

#BE9856 #56BE98 #9856BE

tetradic

#BE9856 #56BE64 #567CBE #BE56B0

square

#BE9856 #56BE64 #567CBE #BE56B0

split-complementary

#BE9856 #56B0BE #6456BE

monochromatic

#6F562B #9B783C #BE9856 #CFB382 #E0CEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9856

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9856	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b687',
    500: '#be9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9856;
$custom-light: #d4b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9856

secondary

#A2B2CE

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9856

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

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