#BD8151#BD8151

#BD8151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.098 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8151
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 18.03, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 39.49, 62.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0511 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.098 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3236, 27.1159, 11.4198)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8151 #518DBD

analogous

#BD5157 #BD8151 #BDB751

triadic

#BD8151 #51BD81 #8151BD

tetradic

#BD8151 #57BD51 #518DBD #B751BD

square

#BD8151 #57BD51 #518DBD #B751BD

split-complementary

#BD8151 #51BDB7 #5157BD

monochromatic

#6B4629 #976339 #BD8151 #CEA17D #DFC1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BD8151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BD8151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8151

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8151	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93864D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.098 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a583',
    500: '#bd8151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8151;
$custom-light: #d4a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65394,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8151

secondary

#9EB7CC

accent

#9BD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8151

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

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