#BE842F#BE842F

#BE842F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE842F
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 14.67, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 54.37, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0363 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.121 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0017, 27.6575, 6.4471)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE842F #2F69BE

analogous

#BE3C2F #BE842F #B1BE2F

triadic

#BE842F #2FBE84 #842FBE

tetradic

#BE842F #2FBE3C #2F69BE #BE2FB1

square

#BE842F #2FBE3C #2F69BE #BE2FB1

split-complementary

#BE842F #2FB1BE #3C2FBE

monochromatic

#5C4017 #8D6223 #BE842F #D5A155 #E1BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BE842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BE842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE842F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE842F	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)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76d',
    500: '#be842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be842f;
$custom-light: #d7a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.664,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65692,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE842F

secondary

#7E9DCB

accent

#85E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE842F

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

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