#BE9542#BE9542

#BE9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9542
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 6.35, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 48.90, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0145 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.112 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9679, 32.8376, 9.7551)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9542 #426BBE

analogous

#BE5742 #BE9542 #A9BE42

triadic

#BE9542 #42BE95 #9542BE

tetradic

#BE9542 #42BE57 #426BBE #BE42A9

square

#BE9542 #42BE57 #426BBE #BE42A9

split-complementary

#BE9542 #42A9BE #5742BE

monochromatic

#634E22 #917232 #BE9542 #CEAF70 #DDC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BE9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BE9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9542

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9542	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b37a',
    500: '#be9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9542;
$custom-light: #d5b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69227,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9542

secondary

#92A5CA

accent

#7DD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9542

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

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