#BE9F74#BE9F74

#BE9F74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.069 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F74
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 116)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 5.41, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 27.26, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0173 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.069 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7867, 37.0060, 21.7248)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F74 #7493BE

analogous

#BE7A74 #BE9F74 #B8BE74

triadic

#BE9F74 #74BE9F #9F74BE

tetradic

#BE9F74 #74BE7A #7493BE #BE74B8

square

#BE9F74 #74BE7A #7493BE #BE74B8

split-complementary

#BE9F74 #74B8BE #7A74BE

monochromatic

#7D613A #A7824E #BE9F74 #D2BC9E #E5D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BE9F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BE9F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F74

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F74	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.069 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb9c',
    500: '#be9f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f74;
$custom-light: #d3bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.865,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F74

secondary

#B9C5D5

accent

#8BCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F74

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

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