#BE9965#BE9965

#BE9965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.082 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9965
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 7.04, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 33.23, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0209 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.082 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9767, 34.6711, 17.1593)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9965 #658ABE

analogous

#BE6D65 #BE9965 #B7BE65

triadic

#BE9965 #65BE99 #9965BE

tetradic

#BE9965 #65BE6D #658ABE #BE65B7

square

#BE9965 #65BE6D #658ABE #BE65B7

split-complementary

#BE9965 #65B7BE #6D65BE

monochromatic

#775A32 #A27B44 #BE9965 #D0B690 #E2D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9965

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9965	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.082 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b791',
    500: '#be9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9965;
$custom-light: #d3b791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.056,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70515,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9965

secondary

#ADBCD1

accent

#8AD057

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9965

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

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