#BD8140#BD8140

#BD8140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8140
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 16.80, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 46.83, 68.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.045 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.11 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7640, 26.8920, 8.4726)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8140 #407CBD

analogous

#BD4340 #BD8140 #BBBD40

triadic

#BD8140 #40BD81 #8140BD

tetradic

#BD8140 #40BD43 #407CBD #BD40BB

square

#BD8140 #40BD43 #407CBD #BD40BB

split-complementary

#BD8140 #40BBBD #4340BD

monochromatic

#624321 #8F6231 #BD8140 #CD9F6D #DDBD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD8140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BD8140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8140

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8140	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a577',
    500: '#bd8140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8140;
$custom-light: #d5a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65167,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8140

secondary

#90ABC9

accent

#91D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8140

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

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