#BE993B#BE993B

#BE993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE993B
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 3.76, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 52.83, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0061 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.119 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4177, 34.0475, 8.9485)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE993B #3B60BE

analogous

#BE583B #BE993B #A2BE3B

triadic

#BE993B #3BBE99 #993BBE

tetradic

#BE993B #3BBE58 #3B60BE #BE3BA2

square

#BE993B #3BBE58 #3B60BE #BE3BA2

split-complementary

#BE993B #3BA2BE #583BBE

monochromatic

#614E1E #8F732C #BE993B #D0B267 #DECA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BE993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BE993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE993B

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE993B	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b676',
    500: '#be993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be993b;
$custom-light: #d5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69971,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE993B

secondary

#8B9DCA

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE993B

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

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