#BE9C8A#BE9C8A

#BE9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.048 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C8A
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(21, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 9.88, 14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 17.27, 55.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0312 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.048 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7116, 36.5606, 29.1103)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C8A #8AACBE

analogous

#BE8A92 #BE9C8A #BEB68A

triadic

#BE9C8A #8ABE9C #9C8ABE

tetradic

#BE9C8A #92BE8A #8AACBE #B68ABE

square

#BE9C8A #92BE8A #8AACBE #B68ABE

split-complementary

#BE9C8A #8ABEB6 #8A92BE

monochromatic

#845E49 #A87B63 #BE9C8A #D4BDB1 #EADFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BE9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BE9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C8A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C8A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.048 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9ac',
    500: '#be9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c8a;
$custom-light: #d2b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71878,
    "c": 0.04803,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C8A

secondary

#C9D5DB

accent

#83A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C8A

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

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