#BE9D65#BE9D65

#BE9D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.083 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D65
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 101)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 46.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 4.86, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 34.13, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0144 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.083 80)
XYZ	xyz(35.6424, 36.0025, 17.3812)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D65 #6586BE

analogous

#BE7165 #BE9D65 #B2BE65

triadic

#BE9D65 #65BE9D #9D65BE

tetradic

#BE9D65 #65BE71 #6586BE #BE65B2

square

#BE9D65 #65BE71 #6586BE #BE65B2

split-complementary

#BE9D65 #65B2BE #7165BE

monochromatic

#775D32 #A27F44 #BE9D65 #D0B890 #E2D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D65

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D65	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.083 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b992',
    500: '#be9d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d65;
$custom-light: #d3b992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.753,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.36001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D65

secondary

#ADBBD1

accent

#84D057

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D65

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

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