#BE996E#BE996E

#BE996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.073 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE996E
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 42.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 8.00, 27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 28.94, 73.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0245 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.073 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4421, 34.8572, 19.6101)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE996E #6E93BE

analogous

#BE716E #BE996E #BBBE6E

triadic

#BE996E #6EBE99 #996EBE

tetradic

#BE996E #6EBE71 #6E93BE #BE6EBB

square

#BE996E #6EBE71 #6E93BE #BE6EBB

split-complementary

#BE996E #6EBBBE #716EBE

monochromatic

#7B5B37 #A57B4A #BE996E #D1B798 #E4D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BE996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE996E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE996E	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.073 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b798',
    500: '#be996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be996e;
$custom-light: #d3b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.07302,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE996E

secondary

#B4C3D4

accent

#90CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE996E

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

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