What color is #BE9C67?

#BE9C67 is a desaturated orange known as Tiger. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Tiger?

The RGB value is 190, 156, 103: 190 red, 156 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Tiger?

The complementary color is #6789BE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #BE9C67?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.14:1 and white text 2.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Tiger color: hex code #BE9C67

#BE9C67 rgb(190, 156, 103)

Shades of brown

Tiger has the hex code #BE9C67. It is a desaturated orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 74.5% red, 61.2% green and 40.4% blue (190, 156, 103).

Its hue angle is 37°, with 40% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 46% yellow and 25% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.14:1).

Tiger (#BE9C67) color codes

HEX	`#BE9C67`
RGB	`rgb(190, 156, 103)`
RGB percent	`rgb(74.5%, 61.2%, 40.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(37, 40%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(37, 46%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 18%, 46%, 25%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.29, 5.61, 32.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.29, 32.91, 80.18)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(35.573, 35.705, 17.847)`
Decimal	`12491879`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Tiger, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #BE9C67	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.58:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#BE9C67 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.58:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #BE9C67 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #be9c67; }
.text { color: #be9c67; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be9c67; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(190 156 103 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #be9c67, #b4be67); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #BE9C67 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #BE9C67?: #BE9C67 is a desaturated orange known as Tiger. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Tiger?: The RGB value is 190, 156, 103: 190 red, 156 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Tiger?: The complementary color is #6789BE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #BE9C67?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.14:1 and white text 2.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.