#BE9742#BE9742

#BE9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9742
RGB	rgb(190, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 5.26, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 49.33, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0113 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.113 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2870, 33.4759, 9.8614)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9742 #4269BE

analogous

#BE5942 #BE9742 #A7BE42

triadic

#BE9742 #42BE97 #9742BE

tetradic

#BE9742 #42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7

square

#BE9742 #42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7

split-complementary

#BE9742 #42A7BE #5942BE

monochromatic

#634F22 #917332 #BE9742 #CEB070 #DDC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BE9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BE9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9742

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9742	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b57a',
    500: '#be9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9742;
$custom-light: #d5b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69632,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9742

secondary

#92A4CA

accent

#7AD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9742

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

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