#BE9974#BE9974

#BE9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.067 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9974
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(30, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 8.69, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 26.16, 70.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.027 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.067 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7799, 34.9924, 21.3892)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9974 #7499BE

analogous

#BE7474 #BE9974 #BEBE74

triadic

#BE9974 #74BE99 #9974BE

tetradic

#BE9974 #74BE74 #7499BE #BE74BE

square

#BE9974 #74BE74 #7499BE #BE74BE

split-complementary

#BE9974 #74BEBE #7474BE

monochromatic

#7D5C3A #A77A4E #BE9974 #D2B89E #E5D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BE9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9974

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9974	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.067 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b79c',
    500: '#be9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9974;
$custom-light: #d3b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70794,
    "c": 0.06726,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9974

secondary

#B9C7D5

accent

#94CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9974

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

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