#BE9942#BE9942

#BE9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9942
RGB	rgb(190, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 4.18, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 49.79, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0082 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.113 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6116, 34.1251, 9.9696)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9942 #4267BE

analogous

#BE5B42 #BE9942 #A5BE42

triadic

#BE9942 #42BE99 #9942BE

tetradic

#BE9942 #42BE5B #4267BE #BE42A5

square

#BE9942 #42BE5B #4267BE #BE42A5

split-complementary

#BE9942 #42A5BE #5B42BE

monochromatic

#635022 #917532 #BE9942 #CEB270 #DDCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BE9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9942

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9942	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b67a',
    500: '#be9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9942;
$custom-light: #d5b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9942

secondary

#92A3CA

accent

#78D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9942

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

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