#BE995E#BE995E

#BE995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.089 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE995E
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 6.36, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 36.61, 79.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0181 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.089 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6483, 34.5397, 15.4293)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE995E #5E83BE

analogous

#BE695E #BE995E #B3BE5E

triadic

#BE995E #5EBE99 #995EBE

tetradic

#BE995E #5EBE69 #5E83BE #BE5EB3

square

#BE995E #5EBE69 #5E83BE #BE5EB3

split-complementary

#BE995E #5EB3BE #695EBE

monochromatic

#73592E #9F7A40 #BE995E #D0B58A #E1D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BE995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BE995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE995E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE995E	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.089 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68d',
    500: '#be995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be995e;
$custom-light: #d4b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.875,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70401,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE995E

secondary

#A8B7D0

accent

#86D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE995E

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

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