#BE8942#BE8942

#BE8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8942
RGB	rgb(190, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 12.94, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 46.94, 73.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0338 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.109 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1662, 29.2342, 9.1545)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8942 #4277BE

analogous

#BE4B42 #BE8942 #B5BE42

triadic

#BE8942 #42BE89 #8942BE

tetradic

#BE8942 #42BE4B #4277BE #BE42B5

square

#BE8942 #42BE4B #4277BE #BE42B5

split-complementary

#BE8942 #42B5BE #4B42BE

monochromatic

#634822 #916832 #BE8942 #CEA570 #DDC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BE8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BE8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8942

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8942	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab79',
    500: '#be8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8942;
$custom-light: #d5ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.355,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8942

secondary

#92AACA

accent

#8AD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8942

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

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