#BE9976#BE9976

#BE9976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.065 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9976
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(29, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 37.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 8.92, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 25.25, 69.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0278 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.065 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8975, 35.0394, 22.0085)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9976 #769BBE

analogous

#BE7677 #BE9976 #BEBD76

triadic

#BE9976 #76BE99 #9976BE

tetradic

#BE9976 #77BE76 #769BBE #BD76BE

square

#BE9976 #77BE76 #769BBE #BD76BE

split-complementary

#BE9976 #76BEBD #7677BE

monochromatic

#7E5C3C #A77A4F #BE9976 #D2B8A0 #E5D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BE9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BE9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9976

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9976	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.065 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b79d',
    500: '#be9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9976;
$custom-light: #d3b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.167,
    "s": 35.644,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.06539,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9976

secondary

#BAC8D6

accent

#74AF37

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9976

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →