#BE9962#BE9962

#BE9962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.085 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9962
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 48.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 6.75, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 34.68, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0197 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.085 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8324, 34.6134, 16.3993)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9962 #6287BE

analogous

#BE6B62 #BE9962 #B5BE62

triadic

#BE9962 #62BE99 #9962BE

tetradic

#BE9962 #62BE6B #6287BE #BE62B5

square

#BE9962 #62BE6B #6287BE #BE62B5

split-complementary

#BE9962 #62B5BE #6B62BE

monochromatic

#755A30 #A07B42 #BE9962 #D0B58D #E2D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9962

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9962	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)

#A79A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.085 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b68f',
    500: '#be9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9962;
$custom-light: #d4b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.87,
    "s": 41.441,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70465,
    "c": 0.08475,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9962

secondary

#ABBAD1

accent

#88D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9962

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

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