#BE9C8D#BE9C8D

#BE9C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.046 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C8D
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(18, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 10.31, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 16.28, 50.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0325 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.046 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9318, 36.6487, 30.2700)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C8D #8DAFBE

analogous

#BE8D97 #BE9C8D #BEB48D

triadic

#BE9C8D #8DBE9C #9C8DBE

tetradic

#BE9C8D #97BE8D #8DAFBE #B48DBE

square

#BE9C8D #97BE8D #8DAFBE #B48DBE

split-complementary

#BE9C8D #8DBEB4 #8D97BE

monochromatic

#855D4C #A87A66 #BE9C8D #D4BEB4 #EAE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BE9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BE9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C8D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C8D	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.046 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9ae',
    500: '#be9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c8d;
$custom-light: #d2b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.367,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.04599,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C8D

secondary

#CBD7DC

accent

#87A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C8D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →