#BE9966#BE9966

#BE9966 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.081 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9966
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 7.15, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 32.75, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0213 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.081 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0260, 34.6908, 17.4189)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9966 #668BBE

analogous

#BE6D66 #BE9966 #B7BE66

triadic

#BE9966 #66BE99 #9966BE

tetradic

#BE9966 #66BE6D #668BBE #BE66B7

square

#BE9966 #66BE6D #668BBE #BE66B7

split-complementary

#BE9966 #66B7BE #6D66BE

monochromatic

#775A33 #A27B45 #BE9966 #D0B691 #E2D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BE9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9966

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9966	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.081 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b792',
    500: '#be9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9966;
$custom-light: #d3b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.773,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.08084,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9966

secondary

#AEBDD2

accent

#8AD058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9966

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

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