#BE9859#BE9859

#BE9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.093 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9859
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 6.46, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 38.81, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0178 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.093 79)
XYZ	xyz(34.2681, 34.1269, 14.2314)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9859 #597FBE

analogous

#BE6659 #BE9859 #B1BE59

triadic

#BE9859 #59BE98 #9859BE

tetradic

#BE9859 #59BE66 #597FBE #BE59B1

square

#BE9859 #59BE66 #597FBE #BE59B1

split-complementary

#BE9859 #59B1BE #6659BE

monochromatic

#71572C #9D793D #BE9859 #CFB385 #E0CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9859

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9859	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.093 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b689',
    500: '#be9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9859;
$custom-light: #d4b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.426,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.34125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9859

secondary

#A4B4CF

accent

#84D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9859

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

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