#BE9F55#BE9F55

#BE9F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F55
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 2.31, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 42.50, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0052 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.1 87)
XYZ	xyz(35.2745, 36.4012, 13.7607)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F55 #5574BE

analogous

#BE6B55 #BE9F55 #A9BE55

triadic

#BE9F55 #55BE9F #9F55BE

tetradic

#BE9F55 #55BE6B #5574BE #BE55A9

square

#BE9F55 #55BE6B #5574BE #BE55A9

split-complementary

#BE9F55 #55A9BE #6B55BE

monochromatic

#6E5A2A #9B7E3B #BE9F55 #CFB881 #E0D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BE9F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BE9F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F55

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F55	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AE9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb87',
    500: '#be9f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f55;
$custom-light: #d4bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71492,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.36399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F55

secondary

#A1AECE

accent

#79D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F55

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

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