#BE8B42#BE8B42

#BE8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.109 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8B42
RGB	rgb(190, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 11.84, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 47.19, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0306 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.109 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4531, 29.8081, 9.2502)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8B42 #4275BE

analogous

#BE4D42 #BE8B42 #B3BE42

triadic

#BE8B42 #42BE8B #8B42BE

tetradic

#BE8B42 #42BE4D #4275BE #BE42B3

square

#BE8B42 #42BE4D #4275BE #BE42B3

split-complementary

#BE8B42 #42B3BE #4D42BE

monochromatic

#634922 #916A32 #BE8B42 #CEA770 #DDC39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BE8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BE8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8B42

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8B42	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.109 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac79',
    500: '#be8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8b42;
$custom-light: #d5ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67237,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8B42

secondary

#92A9CA

accent

#88D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8B42

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

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