#BE842D#BE842D

#BE842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE842D
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 14.58, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 55.14, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0357 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.122 73)
XYZ	xyz(29.9623, 27.6417, 6.2395)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE842D #2D67BE

analogous

#BE3B2D #BE842D #AFBE2D

triadic

#BE842D #2DBE84 #842DBE

tetradic

#BE842D #2DBE3B #2D67BE #BE2DAF

square

#BE842D #2DBE3B #2D67BE #BE2DAF

split-complementary

#BE842D #2DAFBE #3B2DBE

monochromatic

#5B3F16 #8D6221 #BE842D #D6A152 #E2BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BE842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BE842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE842D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE842D	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76c',
    500: '#be842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be842d;
$custom-light: #d7a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65676,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.27639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE842D

secondary

#7C9BCB

accent

#84E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE842D

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

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