#BD8040#BD8040

#BD8040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8040
RGB	rgb(189, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 17.36, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 46.77, 68.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0466 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.11 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6329, 26.6299, 8.4289)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8040 #407DBD

analogous

#BD4240 #BD8040 #BCBD40

triadic

#BD8040 #40BD80 #8040BD

tetradic

#BD8040 #40BD42 #407DBD #BD40BC

square

#BD8040 #40BD42 #407DBD #BD40BC

split-complementary

#BD8040 #40BCBD #4240BD

monochromatic

#624221 #8F6131 #BD8040 #CD9E6D #DDBC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BD8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BD8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8040

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8040	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a577',
    500: '#bd8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8040;
$custom-light: #d5a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64977,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8040

secondary

#90ACC9

accent

#92D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8040

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

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