#BE9E6FCurry Sauce (#BE9E6F) is a light, soft orange with an OKLCH hue of 77°, lightness 0.72 and chroma 0.074. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.
| HEX | #BE9E6F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 158, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(36, 38%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(36, 42%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 42%, 25%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(66.9 5.4 29) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.717 0.074 77) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Curry Sauce shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c39966 — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward red#c39e6c — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward red#be9e6f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#be9f71 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Curry Sauce in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.53:1 and against black 8.31:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffefd9 · #e2c49a · #be9e6f · #94774d · #6d542f · #493411
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#cccda1 · #c5b686 · #be9e6f · #b18866 · #a07360 · #8d615a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bcc8af · #be9e6f · #9b8159 · #5b7141 · #5f4824 · #2c361f
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#fae7cc · #cfc5b7 · #be9e6f · #6584af · #6f604b · #4c4335
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#edf2f9 · #be9e6f · #8d877e · #4f5257 · #262018 · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#edf2fa · #c3c9d2 · #959ca7 · #1a232f · #01030c · #be9e6f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d5dab5 · #be9e6f · #426cc2 · #824f44 · #2d2e50 · #150728
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#eaf3ff · #be9e6f · #6090a4 · #4f4b79 · #002634 · #010007
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1f7f7 · #be9e6f · #5b9495 · #63446d · #2d1635 · #000202
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e4f7ee · #be9e6f · #649480 · #36537b · #361327 · #000007
#C8AC83 · #D3BA96 · #DDC8AA · #E8D7BE · #F3E5D2
#9D8157 · #7E653F · #604A29 · #433113 · #281901
#B99F7B · #B3A187 · #ADA292
Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.