#BE994B#BE994B

#BE994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE994B
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 4.79, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 45.69, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0111 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.106 84)
XYZ	xyz(33.8981, 34.2397, 11.4787)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE994B #4B70BE

analogous

#BE604B #BE994B #A9BE4B

triadic

#BE994B #4BBE99 #994BBE

tetradic

#BE994B #4BBE60 #4B70BE #BE4BA9

square

#BE994B #4BBE60 #4B70BE #BE4BA9

split-complementary

#BE994B #4BA9BE #604BBE

monochromatic

#695326 #967736 #BE994B #CEB278 #DECCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE994B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE994B	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)

#A99943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b680',
    500: '#be994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be994b;
$custom-light: #d5b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70139,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE994B

secondary

#99A9CC

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE994B

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

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