#BE9956#BE9956

#BE9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9956
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 5.65, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 40.48, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0151 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.096 81)
XYZ	xyz(34.3077, 34.4035, 13.6358)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9956 #567BBE

analogous

#BE6556 #BE9956 #AFBE56

triadic

#BE9956 #56BE99 #9956BE

tetradic

#BE9956 #56BE65 #567BBE #BE56AF

square

#BE9956 #56BE65 #567BBE #BE56AF

split-complementary

#BE9956 #56AFBE #6556BE

monochromatic

#6F572B #9B793C #BE9956 #CFB482 #E0CEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BE9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9956

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9956	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b687',
    500: '#be9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9956;
$custom-light: #d4b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.654,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70282,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.34402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9956

secondary

#A2B2CE

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9956

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

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