#BD8048#BD8048

#BD8048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8048
RGB	rgb(189, 128, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 17.89, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 43.33, 65.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0494 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.105 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8771, 26.7276, 9.7150)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8048 #4885BD

analogous

#BD484A #BD8048 #BDBA48

triadic

#BD8048 #48BD80 #8048BD

tetradic

#BD8048 #4ABD48 #4885BD #BA48BD

square

#BD8048 #4ABD48 #4885BD #BA48BD

split-complementary

#BD8048 #48BDBA #484ABD

monochromatic

#664425 #936235 #BD8048 #CD9F75 #DDBEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BD8048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#BD8048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8048

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8048	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 128, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a57c',
    500: '#bd8048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8048;
$custom-light: #d5a57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.718,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65077,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8048

secondary

#97B2CA

accent

#97D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8048

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

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