#BE8F42#BE8F42

#BE8F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8F42
RGB	rgb(190, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 9.64, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 47.78, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0241 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.11 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0429, 30.9877, 9.4468)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8F42 #4271BE

analogous

#BE5142 #BE8F42 #AFBE42

triadic

#BE8F42 #42BE8F #8F42BE

tetradic

#BE8F42 #42BE51 #4271BE #BE42AF

square

#BE8F42 #42BE51 #4271BE #BE42AF

split-complementary

#BE8F42 #42AFBE #5142BE

monochromatic

#634B22 #916D32 #BE8F42 #CEAA70 #DDC59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BE8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BE8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8F42

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8F42	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af79',
    500: '#be8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8f42;
$custom-light: #d5af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68026,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8F42

secondary

#92A7CA

accent

#83D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8F42

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

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