#BE994D#BE994D

#BE994D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE994D
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 4.93, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 44.75, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0118 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.104 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9677, 34.2675, 11.8449)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE994D #4D72BE

analogous

#BE614D #BE994D #ABBE4D

triadic

#BE994D #4DBE99 #994DBE

tetradic

#BE994D #4DBE61 #4D72BE #BE4DAB

square

#BE994D #4DBE61 #4D72BE #BE4DAB

split-complementary

#BE994D #4DABBE #614DBE

monochromatic

#6A5427 #977737 #BE994D #CEB37A #DFCCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE994D

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE994D	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A99946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b681',
    500: '#be994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be994d;
$custom-light: #d5b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE994D

secondary

#9BABCC

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE994D

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

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