#BD8240#BD8240

#BD8240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8240
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 16.25, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 46.89, 69.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0434 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.11 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8963, 27.1568, 8.5167)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8240 #407BBD

analogous

#BD4440 #BD8240 #BABD40

triadic

#BD8240 #40BD82 #8240BD

tetradic

#BD8240 #40BD44 #407BBD #BD40BA

square

#BD8240 #40BD44 #407BBD #BD40BA

split-complementary

#BD8240 #40BABD #4440BD

monochromatic

#624321 #8F6331 #BD8240 #CDA06D #DDBE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BD8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BD8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8240

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8240	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a677',
    500: '#bd8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8240;
$custom-light: #d5a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.68,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65357,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8240

secondary

#90ABC9

accent

#90D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8240

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

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