#BE9951#BE9951

#BE9951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9951
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 5.24, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 42.87, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0132 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.101 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1133, 34.3257, 12.6117)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9951 #5176BE

analogous

#BE6251 #BE9951 #ACBE51

triadic

#BE9951 #51BE99 #9951BE

tetradic

#BE9951 #51BE62 #5176BE #BE51AC

square

#BE9951 #51BE62 #5176BE #BE51AC

split-complementary

#BE9951 #51ACBE #6251BE

monochromatic

#6C5528 #997839 #BE9951 #CFB37E #DFCDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BE9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9951

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9951	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)

#A9994A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b684',
    500: '#be9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9951;
$custom-light: #d4b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.633,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9951

secondary

#9EAECD

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9951

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

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