#BE9642#BE9642

#BE9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9642
RGB	rgb(190, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 5.81, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 49.12, 83.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0129 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.112 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1268, 33.1553, 9.8080)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9642 #426ABE

analogous

#BE5842 #BE9642 #A8BE42

triadic

#BE9642 #42BE96 #9642BE

tetradic

#BE9642 #42BE58 #426ABE #BE42A8

square

#BE9642 #42BE58 #426ABE #BE42A8

split-complementary

#BE9642 #42A8BE #5842BE

monochromatic

#634E22 #917232 #BE9642 #CEAF70 #DDC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BE9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BE9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9642

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9642	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b47a',
    500: '#be9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9642;
$custom-light: #d5b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69429,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9642

secondary

#92A4CA

accent

#7CD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9642

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

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