#BE7942#BE7942

#BE7942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.112 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7942
RGB	rgb(190, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 21.78, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 46.17, 61.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0601 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.112 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0581, 25.0179, 8.4518)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7942 #4287BE

analogous

#BE4249 #BE7942 #BEB742

triadic

#BE7942 #42BE79 #7942BE

tetradic

#BE7942 #49BE42 #4287BE #B742BE

square

#BE7942 #49BE42 #4287BE #B742BE

split-complementary

#BE7942 #42BEB7 #4249BE

monochromatic

#633F22 #915C32 #BE7942 #CE9970 #DDBA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BE7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BE7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7942

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7942	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.112 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a078',
    500: '#be7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7942;
$custom-light: #d6a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63818,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7942

secondary

#92B1CA

accent

#9CD84F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7942

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

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