#BE995B#BE995B

#BE995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.092 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE995B
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 6.09, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 38.06, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0169 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.092 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5163, 34.4869, 14.7341)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE995B #5B80BE

analogous

#BE685B #BE995B #B1BE5B

triadic

#BE995B #5BBE99 #995BBE

tetradic

#BE995B #5BBE68 #5B80BE #BE5BB1

square

#BE995B #5BBE68 #5B80BE #BE5BB1

split-complementary

#BE995B #5BB1BE #685BBE

monochromatic

#72582D #9D7A3E #BE995B #CFB487 #E1D0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BE995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE995B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE995B	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.092 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68a',
    500: '#be995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be995b;
$custom-light: #d4b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE995B

secondary

#A6B5CF

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE995B

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

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