#BD8042#BD8042

#BD8042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8042
RGB	rgb(189, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 17.48, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 45.91, 67.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0473 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.109 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6908, 26.6530, 8.7340)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8042 #427FBD

analogous

#BD4342 #BD8042 #BCBD42

triadic

#BD8042 #42BD80 #8042BD

tetradic

#BD8042 #42BD43 #427FBD #BD42BC

square

#BD8042 #42BD43 #427FBD #BD42BC

split-complementary

#BD8042 #42BCBD #4342BD

monochromatic

#624322 #906132 #BD8042 #CD9E6F #DDBD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BD8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BD8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8042

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8042	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)

#93853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a578',
    500: '#bd8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8042;
$custom-light: #d5a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.244,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8042

secondary

#92ADC9

accent

#93D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8042

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

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