#BE8D42#BE8D42

#BE8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.109 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8D42
RGB	rgb(190, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 10.74, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 47.47, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0273 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.109 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7454, 30.3926, 9.3476)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8D42 #4273BE

analogous

#BE4F42 #BE8D42 #B1BE42

triadic

#BE8D42 #42BE8D #8D42BE

tetradic

#BE8D42 #42BE4F #4273BE #BE42B1

square

#BE8D42 #42BE4F #4273BE #BE42B1

split-complementary

#BE8D42 #42B1BE #4F42BE

monochromatic

#634A22 #916B32 #BE8D42 #CEA870 #DDC49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BE8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BE8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8D42

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8D42	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.109 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae79',
    500: '#be8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8d42;
$custom-light: #d5ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6763,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8D42

secondary

#92A8CA

accent

#86D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8D42

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

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