#BE8842#BE8842

#BE8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.109 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8842
RGB	rgb(190, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 13.50, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 46.83, 73.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0354 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.109 71)
XYZ	xyz(31.0247, 28.9513, 9.1073)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8842 #4278BE

analogous

#BE4A42 #BE8842 #B6BE42

triadic

#BE8842 #42BE88 #8842BE

tetradic

#BE8842 #42BE4A #4278BE #BE42B6

square

#BE8842 #42BE4A #4278BE #BE42B6

split-complementary

#BE8842 #42B6BE #4A42BE

monochromatic

#634722 #916832 #BE8842 #CEA570 #DDC19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BE8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BE8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8842

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8842	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.109 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa79',
    500: '#be8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8842;
$custom-light: #d5aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66651,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.28949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8842

secondary

#92AACA

accent

#8BD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8842

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

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