#BE9E8A#BE9E8A

#BE9E8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.047 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E8A
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 8.79, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 17.28, 59.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.028 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.047 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0500, 37.2373, 29.2231)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E8A #8AAABE

analogous

#BE8A90 #BE9E8A #BEB88A

triadic

#BE9E8A #8ABE9E #9E8ABE

tetradic

#BE9E8A #90BE8A #8AAABE #B88ABE

square

#BE9E8A #90BE8A #8AAABE #B88ABE

split-complementary

#BE9E8A #8ABEB8 #8A90BE

monochromatic

#846049 #A87D63 #BE9E8A #D4BFB1 #EADFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BE9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BE9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E8A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E8A	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.047 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baac',
    500: '#be9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e8a;
$custom-light: #d2baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.04742,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E8A

secondary

#C9D4DB

accent

#7FA73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E8A

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

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