#BE9E72#BE9E72

#BE9E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.070 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E72
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 5.72, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 28.01, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0181 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.07 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5004, 36.6175, 21.0616)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E72 #7292BE

analogous

#BE7872 #BE9E72 #B8BE72

triadic

#BE9E72 #72BE9E #9E72BE

tetradic

#BE9E72 #72BE78 #7292BE #BE72B8

square

#BE9E72 #72BE78 #7292BE #BE72B8

split-complementary

#BE9E72 #72B8BE #7872BE

monochromatic

#7C6039 #A6804D #BE9E72 #D1BB9C #E5D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BE9E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BE9E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E72

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E72	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.070 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba9b',
    500: '#be9e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e72;
$custom-light: #d3ba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E72

secondary

#B7C4D5

accent

#8BCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E72

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

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