#BE8A42#BE8A42

#BE8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A42
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 12.39, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 47.06, 74.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0322 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.109 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3090, 29.5199, 9.2021)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A42 #4276BE

analogous

#BE4C42 #BE8A42 #B4BE42

triadic

#BE8A42 #42BE8A #8A42BE

tetradic

#BE8A42 #42BE4C #4276BE #BE42B4

square

#BE8A42 #42BE4C #4276BE #BE42B4

split-complementary

#BE8A42 #42B4BE #4C42BE

monochromatic

#634822 #916932 #BE8A42 #CEA670 #DDC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BE8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BE8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A42

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A42	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac79',
    500: '#be8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a42;
$custom-light: #d5ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67041,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A42

secondary

#92A9CA

accent

#89D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A42

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

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