#BE9E61#BE9E61

#BE9E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.088 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E61
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 3.93, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 36.36, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0113 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.088 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6211, 36.2658, 16.4307)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E61 #6181BE

analogous

#BE7061 #BE9E61 #B0BE61

triadic

#BE9E61 #61BE9E #9E61BE

tetradic

#BE9E61 #61BE70 #6181BE #BE61B0

square

#BE9E61 #61BE70 #6181BE #BE61B0

split-complementary

#BE9E61 #61B0BE #7061BE

monochromatic

#755D30 #A08042 #BE9E61 #D0B98C #E2D3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BE9E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BE9E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E61

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E61	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.088 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba8f',
    500: '#be9e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e61;
$custom-light: #d4ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.355,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E61

secondary

#AAB7D1

accent

#81D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E61

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

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