#BE985C#BE985C

#BE985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.090 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE985C
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 6.73, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 37.36, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0189 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.09 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3967, 34.1783, 14.9085)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE985C #5C82BE

analogous

#BE675C #BE985C #B3BE5C

triadic

#BE985C #5CBE98 #985CBE

tetradic

#BE985C #5CBE67 #5C82BE #BE5CB3

square

#BE985C #5CBE67 #5C82BE #BE5CB3

split-complementary

#BE985C #5CB3BE #675CBE

monochromatic

#72572E #9E793F #BE985C #CFB488 #E1CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BE985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE985C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE985C	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.090 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68b',
    500: '#be985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be985c;
$custom-light: #d4b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70169,
    "c": 0.09019,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE985C

secondary

#A6B6CF

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE985C

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

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