#BE9981#BE9981

#BE9981 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.056 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9981
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 129)
HSL	hsl(24, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 32.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 10.30, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 20.60, 59.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0323 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.056 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5897, 35.3163, 25.6540)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9981 #81A6BE

analogous

#BE8187 #BE9981 #BEB881

triadic

#BE9981 #81BE99 #9981BE

tetradic

#BE9981 #87BE81 #81A6BE #B881BE

square

#BE9981 #87BE81 #81A6BE #B881BE

split-complementary

#BE9981 #81BEB8 #8187BE

monochromatic

#825C43 #A97859 #BE9981 #D3BAA9 #E8DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9981

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9981	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.056 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a5',
    500: '#be9981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9981;
$custom-light: #d2b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.607,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9981

secondary

#C2D0D8

accent

#7FAB3B

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9981

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

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