#BE8142#BE8142

#BE8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8142
RGB	rgb(190, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 17.36, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 46.28, 67.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0469 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.109 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0709, 27.0436, 8.7894)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8142 #427FBE

analogous

#BE4342 #BE8142 #BDBE42

triadic

#BE8142 #42BE81 #8142BE

tetradic

#BE8142 #42BE43 #427FBE #BE42BD

square

#BE8142 #42BE43 #427FBE #BE42BD

split-complementary

#BE8142 #42BDBE #4342BE

monochromatic

#634322 #916232 #BE8142 #CE9F70 #DDBE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BE8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BE8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8142

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8142	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94863C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a579',
    500: '#be8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8142;
$custom-light: #d6a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.484,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65309,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8142

secondary

#92ADCA

accent

#93D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8142

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

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