#BE842E#BE842E

#BE842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE842E
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 14.63, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 54.76, 74.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.036 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.122 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9818, 27.6495, 6.3421)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE842E #2E68BE

analogous

#BE3C2E #BE842E #B0BE2E

triadic

#BE842E #2EBE84 #842EBE

tetradic

#BE842E #2EBE3C #2E68BE #BE2EB0

square

#BE842E #2EBE3C #2E68BE #BE2EB0

split-complementary

#BE842E #2EB0BE #3C2EBE

monochromatic

#5B4016 #8D6222 #BE842E #D6A154 #E1BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BE842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BE842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE842E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE842E	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76c',
    500: '#be842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be842e;
$custom-light: #d7a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65684,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE842E

secondary

#7D9CCB

accent

#84E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE842E

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

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