#BE8542#BE8542

#BE8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.109 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8542
RGB	rgb(190, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 15.15, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 46.54, 71.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0403 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.109 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6081, 28.1181, 8.9685)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8542 #427BBE

analogous

#BE4742 #BE8542 #B9BE42

triadic

#BE8542 #42BE85 #8542BE

tetradic

#BE8542 #42BE47 #427BBE #BE42B9

square

#BE8542 #42BE47 #427BBE #BE42B9

split-complementary

#BE8542 #42B9BE #4742BE

monochromatic

#634522 #916532 #BE8542 #CEA270 #DDC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BE8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BE8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8542

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8542	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.109 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a879',
    500: '#be8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8542;
$custom-light: #d6a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66072,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8542

secondary

#92ACCA

accent

#8ED84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8542

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

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