#BE997E#BE997E

#BE997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.058 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE997E
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(25, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(25, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 33.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 9.91, 19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 21.81, 62.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0311 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.058 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3932, 35.2377, 24.6192)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE997E #7EA3BE

analogous

#BE7E83 #BE997E #BEB97E

triadic

#BE997E #7EBE99 #997EBE

tetradic

#BE997E #83BE7E #7EA3BE #B97EBE

square

#BE997E #83BE7E #7EA3BE #B97EBE

split-complementary

#BE997E #7EBEB9 #7E83BE

monochromatic

#815C41 #A97955 #BE997E #D3B9A7 #E7D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BE997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE997E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE997E	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.058 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a3',
    500: '#be997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be997e;
$custom-light: #d2b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.312,
    "s": 32.99,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.05826,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE997E

secondary

#C0CED8

accent

#7CAC3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE997E

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

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