#BD8149#BD8149

#BD8149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.104 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8149
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 17.41, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 42.93, 66.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0481 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.104 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0410, 27.0029, 9.9319)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8149 #4985BD

analogous

#BD494B #BD8149 #BDBB49

triadic

#BD8149 #49BD81 #8149BD

tetradic

#BD8149 #4BBD49 #4985BD #BB49BD

square

#BD8149 #4BBD49 #4985BD #BB49BD

split-complementary

#BD8149 #49BDBB #494BBD

monochromatic

#664525 #936335 #BD8149 #CDA076 #DEBFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BD8149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8149

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8149	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.104 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a57d',
    500: '#bd8149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8149;
$custom-light: #d5a57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.966,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8149

secondary

#97B2CA

accent

#96D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8149

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

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