#BE9957#BE9957

#BE9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.095 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9957
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 5.74, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 39.99, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0154 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.095 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3483, 34.4197, 13.8495)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9957 #577CBE

analogous

#BE6657 #BE9957 #AFBE57

triadic

#BE9957 #57BE99 #9957BE

tetradic

#BE9957 #57BE66 #577CBE #BE57AF

square

#BE9957 #57BE66 #577CBE #BE57AF

split-complementary

#BE9957 #57AFBE #6657BE

monochromatic

#6F572B #9C793C #BE9957 #CFB483 #E0CFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BE9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9957

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9957	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)

#A99951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.095 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b688',
    500: '#be9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9957;
$custom-light: #d4b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9957

secondary

#A3B2CE

accent

#82D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9957

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

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