#BE9E69#BE9E69

#BE9E69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.080 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E69
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 4.73, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 32.41, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0144 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.08 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0131, 36.4226, 18.4952)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E69 #6989BE

analogous

#BE7369 #BE9E69 #B3BE69

triadic

#BE9E69 #69BE9E #9E69BE

tetradic

#BE9E69 #69BE73 #6989BE #BE69B3

square

#BE9E69 #69BE73 #6989BE #BE69B3

split-complementary

#BE9E69 #69B3BE #7369BE

monochromatic

#785F34 #A38047 #BE9E69 #D1BA94 #E3D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BE9E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BE9E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E69

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E69	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.080 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba94',
    500: '#be9e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e69;
$custom-light: #d3ba94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.412,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71594,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E69

secondary

#B0BDD2

accent

#85CF58

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E69

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

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