#BE8742#BE8742

#BE8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8742
RGB	rgb(190, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 14.05, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 46.72, 72.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0371 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.109 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8845, 28.6709, 9.0606)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8742 #4279BE

analogous

#BE4942 #BE8742 #B7BE42

triadic

#BE8742 #42BE87 #8742BE

tetradic

#BE8742 #42BE49 #4279BE #BE42B7

square

#BE8742 #42BE49 #4279BE #BE42B7

split-complementary

#BE8742 #42B7BE #4942BE

monochromatic

#634622 #916732 #BE8742 #CEA470 #DDC19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BE8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BE8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8742

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8742	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa79',
    500: '#be8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8742;
$custom-light: #d6aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8742

secondary

#92ABCA

accent

#8CD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8742

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

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