#BD7853#BD7853

#BD7853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7853
RGB	rgb(189, 120, 83)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 23.16, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 39.02, 53.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.0669 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.101 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2660, 24.8789, 11.4427)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7853 #5398BD

analogous

#BD5363 #BD7853 #BDAD53

triadic

#BD7853 #53BD78 #7853BD

tetradic

#BD7853 #63BD53 #5398BD #AD53BD

square

#BD7853 #63BD53 #5398BD #AD53BD

split-complementary

#BD7853 #53BDAD #5363BD

monochromatic

#6C4129 #985B3A #BD7853 #CE9B7F #DFBDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BD7853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BD7853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7853

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7853	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 120, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f84',
    500: '#bd7853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7853;
$custom-light: #d49f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63759,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7853

secondary

#9FBDCD

accent

#A7D454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7853

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

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