#BE9959#BE9959

#BE9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.093 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9959
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 5.91, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 39.03, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0162 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.093 80)
XYZ	xyz(34.4311, 34.4529, 14.2858)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9959 #597EBE

analogous

#BE6759 #BE9959 #B0BE59

triadic

#BE9959 #59BE99 #9959BE

tetradic

#BE9959 #59BE67 #597EBE #BE59B0

square

#BE9959 #59BE67 #597EBE #BE59B0

split-complementary

#BE9959 #59B0BE #6759BE

monochromatic

#71572C #9D7A3D #BE9959 #CFB485 #E0CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BE9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9959

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9959	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.093 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b689',
    500: '#be9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9959;
$custom-light: #d4b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9959

secondary

#A4B4CF

accent

#83D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9959

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

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