#BE995F#BE995F

#BE995F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.088 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE995F
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 50%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 6.46, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 36.13, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0185 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.088 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6934, 34.5578, 15.6672)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE995F #5F84BE

analogous

#BE695F #BE995F #B3BE5F

triadic

#BE995F #5FBE99 #995FBE

tetradic

#BE995F #5FBE69 #5F84BE #BE5FB3

square

#BE995F #5FBE69 #5F84BE #BE5FB3

split-complementary

#BE995F #5FB3BE #695FBE

monochromatic

#74592F #9F7A41 #BE995F #D0B58B #E1D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BE995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE995F

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE995F	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#A8995A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.088 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68d',
    500: '#be995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be995f;
$custom-light: #d4b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.632,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE995F

secondary

#A9B8D0

accent

#86D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE995F

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

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