#BE7C42#BE7C42

#BE7C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.111 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE7C42
RGB	rgb(190, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 20.12, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 46.14, 64.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0551 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.111 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4283, 25.7585, 8.5752)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE7C42 #4284BE

analogous

#BE4246 #BE7C42 #BEBA42

triadic

#BE7C42 #42BE7C #7C42BE

tetradic

#BE7C42 #46BE42 #4284BE #BA42BE

square

#BE7C42 #46BE42 #4284BE #BA42BE

split-complementary

#BE7C42 #42BEBA #4246BE

monochromatic

#634122 #915E32 #BE7C42 #CE9C70 #DDBB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BE7C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BE7C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE7C42

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE7C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE7C42	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF6E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be7c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.111 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a278',
    500: '#be7c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be7c42;
$custom-light: #d6a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be7c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.065,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64371,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE7C42

secondary

#92B0CA

accent

#98D84F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE7C42

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

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