#BE985F#BE985F

#BE985F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.087 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE985F
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 95)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 50%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 7.00, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 35.91, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0201 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.087 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5304, 34.2318, 15.6129)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE985F #5F85BE

analogous

#BE685F #BE985F #B4BE5F

triadic

#BE985F #5FBE98 #985FBE

tetradic

#BE985F #5FBE68 #5F85BE #BE5FB4

square

#BE985F #5FBE68 #5F85BE #BE5FB4

split-complementary

#BE985F #5FB4BE #685FBE

monochromatic

#74582F #9F7941 #BE985F #D0B48B #E1D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE985F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE985F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE985F

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE985F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE985F	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be985f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.087 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68d',
    500: '#be985f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be985f;
$custom-light: #d4b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be985f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE985F

secondary

#A9B8D0

accent

#87D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE985F

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

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