#BE542D#BE542D

#BE542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.147 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE542D
RGB	rgb(190, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 40.28, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 58.52, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1126 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.147 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8817, 17.4805, 4.5460)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE542D #2D97BE

analogous

#BE2D4E #BE542D #BE9C2D

triadic

#BE542D #2DBE54 #542DBE

tetradic

#BE542D #4EBE2D #2D97BE #9C2DBE

square

#BE542D #4EBE2D #2D97BE #9C2DBE

split-complementary

#BE542D #2DBE9C #2D4EBE

monochromatic

#5B2816 #8D3E21 #BE542D #D67652 #E29D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BE542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BE542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE542D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE542D	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.147 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98768',
    500: '#be542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be542d;
$custom-light: #d98768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57431,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE542D

secondary

#7CB6CB

accent

#B9E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE542D

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

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