#BE9960#BE9960

#BE9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.087 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9960
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 49.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 6.55, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 35.64, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0189 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.087 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7392, 34.5761, 15.9081)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9960 #6085BE

analogous

#BE6A60 #BE9960 #B4BE60

triadic

#BE9960 #60BE99 #9960BE

tetradic

#BE9960 #60BE6A #6085BE #BE60B4

square

#BE9960 #60BE6A #6085BE #BE60B4

split-complementary

#BE9960 #60B4BE #6A60BE

monochromatic

#74592F #A07A41 #BE9960 #D0B58B #E2D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BE9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9960

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9960	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)

#A89A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.087 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68e',
    500: '#be9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9960;
$custom-light: #d4b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.383,
    "s": 41.964,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70433,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9960

secondary

#A9B9D0

accent

#87D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9960

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

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