#BD8251#BD8251

#BD8251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.098 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8251
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 17.47, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 39.50, 63.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0495 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.098 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4559, 27.3806, 11.4639)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8251 #518CBD

analogous

#BD5156 #BD8251 #BDB851

triadic

#BD8251 #51BD82 #8251BD

tetradic

#BD8251 #56BD51 #518CBD #B851BD

square

#BD8251 #56BD51 #518CBD #B851BD

split-complementary

#BD8251 #51BDB8 #5156BD

monochromatic

#6B4729 #976439 #BD8251 #CEA27D #DFC2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BD8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8251

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8251	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94874D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.098 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a683',
    500: '#bd8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8251;
$custom-light: #d4a683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65583,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8251

secondary

#9EB7CC

accent

#9AD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8251

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

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