#BE9971#BE9971

#BE9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.070 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9971
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(31, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 40.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 8.34, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 27.54, 72.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0257 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.07 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6082, 34.9237, 20.4849)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9971 #7196BE

analogous

#BE7371 #BE9971 #BDBE71

triadic

#BE9971 #71BE99 #9971BE

tetradic

#BE9971 #71BE73 #7196BE #BE71BD

square

#BE9971 #71BE73 #7196BE #BE71BD

split-complementary

#BE9971 #71BDBE #7371BE

monochromatic

#7C5C39 #A67B4C #BE9971 #D1B79B #E4D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BE9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9971

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9971	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.070 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b79a',
    500: '#be9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9971;
$custom-light: #d3b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.169,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9971

secondary

#B6C5D4

accent

#92CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9971

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

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