#BE9857#BE9857

#BE9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9857
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 6.28, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 39.77, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.017 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.095 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1853, 34.0938, 13.7951)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9857 #577DBE

analogous

#BE6557 #BE9857 #B1BE57

triadic

#BE9857 #57BE98 #9857BE

tetradic

#BE9857 #57BE65 #577DBE #BE57B1

square

#BE9857 #57BE65 #577DBE #BE57B1

split-complementary

#BE9857 #57B1BE #6557BE

monochromatic

#6F562B #9C783C #BE9857 #CFB383 #E0CEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9857

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9857	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)

#A89851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b688',
    500: '#be9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9857;
$custom-light: #d4b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9857

secondary

#A3B3CE

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9857

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

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