#BE8042#BE8042

#BE8042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8042
RGB	rgb(190, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 17.91, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 46.23, 67.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0485 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.11 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9398, 26.7814, 8.7457)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8042 #4280BE

analogous

#BE4242 #BE8042 #BEBE42

triadic

#BE8042 #42BE80 #8042BE

tetradic

#BE8042 #42BE42 #4280BE #BE42BE

square

#BE8042 #42BE42 #4280BE #BE42BE

split-complementary

#BE8042 #42BEBE #4242BE

monochromatic

#634322 #916132 #BE8042 #CE9F70 #DDBD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BE8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BE8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8042

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8042	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a578',
    500: '#be8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8042;
$custom-light: #d6a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8042

secondary

#92AECA

accent

#94D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8042

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

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