#BE994C#BE994C

#BE994C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE994C
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 4.86, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 45.22, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0115 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.105 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9326, 34.2535, 11.6604)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE994C #4C71BE

analogous

#BE604C #BE994C #AABE4C

triadic

#BE994C #4CBE99 #994CBE

tetradic

#BE994C #4CBE60 #4C71BE #BE4CAA

square

#BE994C #4CBE60 #4C71BE #BE4CAA

split-complementary

#BE994C #4CAABE #604CBE

monochromatic

#695426 #967737 #BE994C #CEB379 #DFCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE994C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE994C	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)

#A99945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b680',
    500: '#be994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be994c;
$custom-light: #d5b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70151,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE994C

secondary

#9AAACC

accent

#7DD651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE994C

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

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