#BE995A#BE995A

#BE995A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.092 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE995A
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 52.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 6.00, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 38.55, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0166 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.092 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4734, 34.4698, 14.5084)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE995A #5A7FBE

analogous

#BE675A #BE995A #B1BE5A

triadic

#BE995A #5ABE99 #995ABE

tetradic

#BE995A #5ABE67 #5A7FBE #BE5AB1

square

#BE995A #5ABE67 #5A7FBE #BE5AB1

split-complementary

#BE995A #5AB1BE #675ABE

monochromatic

#71582D #9D7A3E #BE995A #CFB486 #E1CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE995A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BE995A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE995A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE995A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE995A	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)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be995a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.092 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68a',
    500: '#be995a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be995a;
$custom-light: #d4b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be995a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.8,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7034,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE995A

secondary

#A5B4CF

accent

#83D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE995A

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

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