#BE9342#BE9342

#BE9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9342
RGB	rgb(190, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 7.45, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 48.50, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0177 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.111 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6542, 32.2102, 9.6505)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9342 #426DBE

analogous

#BE5542 #BE9342 #ABBE42

triadic

#BE9342 #42BE93 #9342BE

tetradic

#BE9342 #42BE55 #426DBE #BE42AB

square

#BE9342 #42BE55 #426DBE #BE42AB

split-complementary

#BE9342 #42ABBE #5542BE

monochromatic

#634D22 #917032 #BE9342 #CEAD70 #DDC79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BE9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#BE9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9342

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9342	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b27a',
    500: '#be9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9342;
$custom-light: #d5b27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9342

secondary

#92A5CA

accent

#7FD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9342

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

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