#BD8249#BD8249

#BD8249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.104 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8249
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 16.86, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 42.97, 66.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0465 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.104 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1734, 27.2676, 9.9761)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8249 #4984BD

analogous

#BD494A #BD8249 #BDBC49

triadic

#BD8249 #49BD82 #8249BD

tetradic

#BD8249 #4ABD49 #4984BD #BC49BD

square

#BD8249 #4ABD49 #4984BD #BC49BD

split-complementary

#BD8249 #49BDBC #494ABD

monochromatic

#664525 #936435 #BD8249 #CDA176 #DEC0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BD8249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BD8249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8249

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8249	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.104 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a67d',
    500: '#bd8249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8249;
$custom-light: #d5a67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65469,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8249

secondary

#97B1CA

accent

#95D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8249

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

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