#BE9243#BE9243

#BE9243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9243
RGB	rgb(190, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 8.06, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 47.86, 80.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0196 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.11 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5291, 31.9124, 9.7555)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9243 #436FBE

analogous

#BE5443 #BE9243 #ACBE43

triadic

#BE9243 #43BE92 #9243BE

tetradic

#BE9243 #43BE54 #436FBE #BE43AC

square

#BE9243 #43BE54 #436FBE #BE43AC

split-complementary

#BE9243 #43ACBE #5443BE

monochromatic

#644D23 #916F32 #BE9243 #CEAC70 #DDC79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BE9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BE9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9243

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9243	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A4933B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b17a',
    500: '#be9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9243;
$custom-light: #d5b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68635,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9243

secondary

#93A7CA

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9243

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

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