#BE8442#BE8442

#BE8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.109 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8442
RGB	rgb(190, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 15.70, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 46.46, 70.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.042 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.109 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4718, 27.8455, 8.9231)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8442 #427CBE

analogous

#BE4642 #BE8442 #BABE42

triadic

#BE8442 #42BE84 #8442BE

tetradic

#BE8442 #42BE46 #427CBE #BE42BA

square

#BE8442 #42BE46 #427CBE #BE42BA

split-complementary

#BE8442 #42BABE #4642BE

monochromatic

#634522 #916432 #BE8442 #CEA270 #DDBF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BE8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BE8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8442

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8442	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.109 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a779',
    500: '#be8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8442;
$custom-light: #d6a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.935,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6588,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8442

secondary

#92ACCA

accent

#8FD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8442

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

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