#BE9955#BE9955

#BE9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9955
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 5.57, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 40.95, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0147 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.097 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2677, 34.3875, 13.4251)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9955 #557ABE

analogous

#BE6555 #BE9955 #AFBE55

triadic

#BE9955 #55BE99 #9955BE

tetradic

#BE9955 #55BE65 #557ABE #BE55AF

square

#BE9955 #55BE65 #557ABE #BE55AF

split-complementary

#BE9955 #55AFBE #6555BE

monochromatic

#6E562A #9B793B #BE9955 #CFB481 #E0CEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BE9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9955

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9955	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b686',
    500: '#be9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9955;
$custom-light: #d4b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9955

secondary

#A1B1CE

accent

#81D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9955

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

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