#BE742E#BE742E

#BE742E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.125 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE742E
RGB	rgb(190, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 23.44, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 54.28, 64.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.062 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.125 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9761, 23.6380, 5.6735)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE742E #2E78BE

analogous

#BE2E30 #BE742E #BEBC2E

triadic

#BE742E #2EBE74 #742EBE

tetradic

#BE742E #30BE2E #2E78BE #BC2EBE

square

#BE742E #30BE2E #2E78BE #BC2EBE

split-complementary

#BE742E #2EBEBC #2E30BE

monochromatic

#5B3816 #8D5622 #BE742E #D69354 #E1B285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BE742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BE742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE742E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE742E	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D06465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.125 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79c6b',
    500: '#be742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be742e;
$custom-light: #d79c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62696,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE742E

secondary

#7DA5CB

accent

#96E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE742E

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

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