#BE994F#BE994F

#BE994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE994F
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 5.09, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 43.81, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0125 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.103 83)
XYZ	xyz(34.0394, 34.2962, 12.2225)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE994F #4F74BE

analogous

#BE614F #BE994F #ABBE4F

triadic

#BE994F #4FBE99 #994FBE

tetradic

#BE994F #4FBE61 #4F74BE #BE4FAB

square

#BE994F #4FBE61 #4F74BE #BE4FAB

split-complementary

#BE994F #4FABBE #614FBE

monochromatic

#6B5528 #987838 #BE994F #CFB37C #DFCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE994F

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE994F	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)

#A99948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b682',
    500: '#be994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be994f;
$custom-light: #d4b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70188,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE994F

secondary

#9CACCC

accent

#7ED652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE994F

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

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