#BE9B65#BE9B65

#BE9B65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.083 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B65
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 5.95, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 33.66, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0176 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.083 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3068, 35.3313, 17.2693)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B65 #6588BE

analogous

#BE6F65 #BE9B65 #B5BE65

triadic

#BE9B65 #65BE9B #9B65BE

tetradic

#BE9B65 #65BE6F #6588BE #BE65B5

square

#BE9B65 #65BE6F #6588BE #BE65B5

split-complementary

#BE9B65 #65B5BE #6F65BE

monochromatic

#775C32 #A27D44 #BE9B65 #D0B790 #E2D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B65

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B65	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.083 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b891',
    500: '#be9b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b65;
$custom-light: #d3b891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.404,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B65

secondary

#ADBCD1

accent

#87D057

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B65

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

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