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#BEACA3

Greige · light warm orange

About #BEACA3

With the hex code #BEACA3, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 67% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 3.9 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A3B5BE, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green172
Blue163

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 3.9
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 8.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BEACA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BEACA3.
2.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BEACA3.
9.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEACA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEACA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1ADA2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B5B1A3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4A9A9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEACA3?

With the hex code #BEACA3, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 67% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 14% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEACA3?

Use black text. Black on #BEACA3 has a contrast ratio of 9.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEACA3?

Its complementary colour is #A3B5BE, and analogous partners are #BEA3A7 and #BEBAA3.