#BE9442#BE9442

#BE9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.111 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9442
RGB	rgb(190, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 6.90, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 48.70, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0161 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.111 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8103, 32.5225, 9.7026)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9442 #426CBE

analogous

#BE5642 #BE9442 #AABE42

triadic

#BE9442 #42BE94 #9442BE

tetradic

#BE9442 #42BE56 #426CBE #BE42AA

square

#BE9442 #42BE56 #426CBE #BE42AA

split-complementary

#BE9442 #42AABE #5642BE

monochromatic

#634D22 #917132 #BE9442 #CEAE70 #DDC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BE9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BE9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9442

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9442	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.111 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b37a',
    500: '#be9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9442;
$custom-light: #d5b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9442

secondary

#92A5CA

accent

#7ED84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9442

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

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