#BE8342#BE8342

#BE8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.109 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8342
RGB	rgb(190, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 16.26, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 46.39, 69.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0436 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.109 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3369, 27.5756, 8.8781)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8342 #427DBE

analogous

#BE4542 #BE8342 #BBBE42

triadic

#BE8342 #42BE83 #8342BE

tetradic

#BE8342 #42BE45 #427DBE #BE42BB

square

#BE8342 #42BE45 #427DBE #BE42BB

split-complementary

#BE8342 #42BBBE #4542BE

monochromatic

#634422 #916432 #BE8342 #CEA170 #DDBF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BE8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BE8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8342

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8342	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.109 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a779',
    500: '#be8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8342;
$custom-light: #d6a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65689,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8342

secondary

#92ADCA

accent

#91D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8342

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

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