#BE995C#BE995C

#BE995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.091 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE995C
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 51.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 6.18, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 37.58, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0173 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.091 79)
XYZ	xyz(34.5597, 34.5043, 14.9628)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE995C #5C81BE

analogous

#BE685C #BE995C #B2BE5C

triadic

#BE995C #5CBE99 #995CBE

tetradic

#BE995C #5CBE68 #5C81BE #BE5CB2

square

#BE995C #5CBE68 #5C81BE #BE5CB2

split-complementary

#BE995C #5CB2BE #685CBE

monochromatic

#72582E #9E7A3F #BE995C #CFB488 #E1D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BE995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE995C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE995C	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)

#A89957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.091 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68b',
    500: '#be995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be995c;
$custom-light: #d4b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.347,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7037,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE995C

secondary

#A6B6CF

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE995C

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

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