#BE9242#BE9242

#BE9242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9242
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 7.99, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 48.31, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0193 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.111 80)
XYZ	xyz(32.4993, 31.9005, 9.5989)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9242 #426EBE

analogous

#BE5442 #BE9242 #ACBE42

triadic

#BE9242 #42BE92 #9242BE

tetradic

#BE9242 #42BE54 #426EBE #BE42AC

square

#BE9242 #42BE54 #426EBE #BE42AC

split-complementary

#BE9242 #42ACBE #5442BE

monochromatic

#634C22 #916F32 #BE9242 #CEAC70 #DDC79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BE9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BE9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9242

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9242	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b17a',
    500: '#be9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9242;
$custom-light: #d5b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68624,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.31898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9242

secondary

#92A6CA

accent

#80D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9242

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

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