#BE9989#BE9989

#BE9989 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.050 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9989
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(18, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 27.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 11.39, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 17.76, 50.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0356 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.05 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1424, 35.5374, 28.5650)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9989 #89AEBE

analogous

#BE8994 #BE9989 #BEB489

triadic

#BE9989 #89BE99 #9989BE

tetradic

#BE9989 #94BE89 #89AEBE #B489BE

square

#BE9989 #94BE89 #89AEBE #B489BE

split-complementary

#BE9989 #89BEB4 #8994BE

monochromatic

#845B49 #A87762 #BE9989 #D4BBB0 #E9DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BE9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9989

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9989	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.050 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7ab',
    500: '#be9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9989;
$custom-light: #d2b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.05005,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9989

secondary

#C8D5DB

accent

#88A83E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9989

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

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