#BE9842#BE9842

#BE9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9842
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 4.72, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 49.56, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0097 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.113 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4486, 33.7991, 9.9153)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9842 #4268BE

analogous

#BE5A42 #BE9842 #A6BE42

triadic

#BE9842 #42BE98 #9842BE

tetradic

#BE9842 #42BE5A #4268BE #BE42A6

square

#BE9842 #42BE5A #4268BE #BE42A6

split-complementary

#BE9842 #42A6BE #5A42BE

monochromatic

#634F22 #917432 #BE9842 #CEB170 #DDCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BE9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BE9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9842

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9842	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67a',
    500: '#be9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9842;
$custom-light: #d5b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69835,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9842

secondary

#92A3CA

accent

#79D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9842

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

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