#BE9B61#BE9B61

#BE9B61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.086 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B61
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 5.56, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 35.61, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.016 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.087 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1156, 35.2548, 16.2622)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B61 #6184BE

analogous

#BE6D61 #BE9B61 #B3BE61

triadic

#BE9B61 #61BE9B #9B61BE

tetradic

#BE9B61 #61BE6D #6184BE #BE61B3

square

#BE9B61 #61BE6D #6184BE #BE61B3

split-complementary

#BE9B61 #61B3BE #6D61BE

monochromatic

#755B30 #A07D42 #BE9B61 #D0B68C #E2D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BE9B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B61

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B61	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)

#A99B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.086 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b88f',
    500: '#be9b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b61;
$custom-light: #d4b88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.419,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B61

secondary

#AAB9D1

accent

#85D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B61

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

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