#BE994E#BE994E

#BE994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE994E
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 5.01, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 44.28, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0122 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.103 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0033, 34.2817, 12.0323)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE994E #4E73BE

analogous

#BE614E #BE994E #ABBE4E

triadic

#BE994E #4EBE99 #994EBE

tetradic

#BE994E #4EBE61 #4E73BE #BE4EAB

square

#BE994E #4EBE61 #4E73BE #BE4EAB

split-complementary

#BE994E #4EABBE #614EBE

monochromatic

#6A5427 #977838 #BE994E #CEB37B #DFCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE994E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE994E	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b682',
    500: '#be994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be994e;
$custom-light: #d4b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.179,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE994E

secondary

#9CACCC

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE994E

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

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