#BE9142#BE9142

#BE9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9142
RGB	rgb(190, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 8.54, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 48.13, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0209 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.11 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3459, 31.5936, 9.5477)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9142 #426FBE

analogous

#BE5342 #BE9142 #ADBE42

triadic

#BE9142 #42BE91 #9142BE

tetradic

#BE9142 #42BE53 #426FBE #BE42AD

square

#BE9142 #42BE53 #426FBE #BE42AD

split-complementary

#BE9142 #42ADBE #5342BE

monochromatic

#634C22 #916E32 #BE9142 #CEAC70 #DDC69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BE9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BE9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9142

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9142	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b179',
    500: '#be9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9142;
$custom-light: #d5b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68424,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9142

secondary

#92A6CA

accent

#81D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9142

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

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