#BE9042#BE9042

#BE9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9042
RGB	rgb(190, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 9.09, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 47.95, 79.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0225 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.11 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1937, 31.2893, 9.4970)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9042 #4270BE

analogous

#BE5242 #BE9042 #AEBE42

triadic

#BE9042 #42BE90 #9042BE

tetradic

#BE9042 #42BE52 #4270BE #BE42AE

square

#BE9042 #42BE52 #4270BE #BE42AE

split-complementary

#BE9042 #42AEBE #5242BE

monochromatic

#634B22 #916E32 #BE9042 #CEAB70 #DDC59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BE9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#BE9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9042

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9042	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b079',
    500: '#be9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9042;
$custom-light: #d5b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.742,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68225,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9042

secondary

#92A7CA

accent

#82D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9042

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

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