#BD8142#BD8142

#BD8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8142
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 16.93, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 45.96, 68.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0457 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.109 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8219, 26.9152, 8.7777)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8142 #427EBD

analogous

#BD4442 #BD8142 #BBBD42

triadic

#BD8142 #42BD81 #8142BD

tetradic

#BD8142 #42BD44 #427EBD #BD42BB

square

#BD8142 #42BD44 #427EBD #BD42BB

split-complementary

#BD8142 #42BBBD #4442BD

monochromatic

#624322 #906232 #BD8142 #CD9F6F #DDBD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BD8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8142

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8142	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)

#94853C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a579',
    500: '#bd8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8142;
$custom-light: #d5a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.732,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8142

secondary

#92ADC9

accent

#92D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8142

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

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