#BE9953#BE9953

#BE9953 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9953
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 5.40, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 41.91, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.014 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.099 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1894, 34.3562, 13.0125)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9953 #5378BE

analogous

#BE6353 #BE9953 #AEBE53

triadic

#BE9953 #53BE99 #9953BE

tetradic

#BE9953 #53BE63 #5378BE #BE53AE

square

#BE9953 #53BE63 #5378BE #BE53AE

split-complementary

#BE9953 #53AEBE #6353BE

monochromatic

#6D5629 #9A793A #BE9953 #CFB37F #E0CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BE9953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9953

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9953	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b685',
    500: '#be9953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9953;
$custom-light: #d4b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.252,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9953

secondary

#9FAFCD

accent

#80D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9953

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

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