#BE9961#BE9961

#BE9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.086 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9961
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 6.65, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 35.16, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0193 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.086 77)
XYZ	xyz(34.7855, 34.5946, 16.1521)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9961 #6186BE

analogous

#BE6B61 #BE9961 #B5BE61

triadic

#BE9961 #61BE99 #9961BE

tetradic

#BE9961 #61BE6B #6186BE #BE61B5

square

#BE9961 #61BE6B #6186BE #BE61B5

split-complementary

#BE9961 #61B5BE #6B61BE

monochromatic

#755930 #A07B42 #BE9961 #D0B58C #E2D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9961

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9961	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.086 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68f',
    500: '#be9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9961;
$custom-light: #d4b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.129,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70449,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.34593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9961

secondary

#AAB9D1

accent

#87D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9961

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

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