#BE985B#BE985B

#BE985B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.091 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE985B
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 6.63, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 37.84, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0185 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.091 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3533, 34.1609, 14.6798)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE985B #5B81BE

analogous

#BE675B #BE985B #B2BE5B

triadic

#BE985B #5BBE98 #985BBE

tetradic

#BE985B #5BBE67 #5B81BE #BE5BB2

square

#BE985B #5BBE67 #5B81BE #BE5BB2

split-complementary

#BE985B #5BB2BE #675BBE

monochromatic

#72572D #9D793E #BE985B #CFB487 #E1CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BE985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE985B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE985B	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.091 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68a',
    500: '#be985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be985b;
$custom-light: #d4b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.97,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE985B

secondary

#A6B6CF

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE985B

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

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