#BE997B#BE997B

#BE997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.061 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE997B
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(27, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 35%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 35.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 9.53, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 23.06, 65.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0299 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.061 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2025, 35.1614, 23.6150)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE997B #7BA0BE

analogous

#BE7B7F #BE997B #BEBB7B

triadic

#BE997B #7BBE99 #997BBE

tetradic

#BE997B #7FBE7B #7BA0BE #BB7BBE

square

#BE997B #7FBE7B #7BA0BE #BB7BBE

split-complementary

#BE997B #7BBEBB #7B7FBE

monochromatic

#805C3F #A97953 #BE997B #D2B9A4 #E6D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BE997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE997B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE997B	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.061 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7a1',
    500: '#be997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be997b;
$custom-light: #d3b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 34.01,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.06085,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE997B

secondary

#BECCD7

accent

#79AD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE997B

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

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