#BD8252#BD8252

#BD8252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.097 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8252
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 82)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 17.55, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 39.08, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0498 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.097 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4937, 27.3957, 11.6629)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8252 #528DBD

analogous

#BD5257 #BD8252 #BDB752

triadic

#BD8252 #52BD82 #8252BD

tetradic

#BD8252 #57BD52 #528DBD #B752BD

square

#BD8252 #57BD52 #528DBD #B752BD

split-complementary

#BD8252 #52BDB7 #5257BD

monochromatic

#6C4729 #98643A #BD8252 #CEA27E #DFC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BD8252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8252

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8252	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)

#94874E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.097 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a683',
    500: '#bd8252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8252;
$custom-light: #d4a683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.916,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8252

secondary

#9EB8CC

accent

#9BD453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8252

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

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