#BD8259#BD8259

#BD8259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.092 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8259
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 18.16, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 36.13, 59.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0526 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.092 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7738, 27.5077, 13.1380)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8259 #5994BD

analogous

#BD5962 #BD8259 #BDB459

triadic

#BD8259 #59BD82 #8259BD

tetradic

#BD8259 #62BD59 #5994BD #B459BD

square

#BD8259 #62BD59 #5994BD #B459BD

split-complementary

#BD8259 #59BDB4 #5962BD

monochromatic

#6F482C #9B643E #BD8259 #CEA385 #E0C4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8259

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8259	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.092 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a688',
    500: '#bd8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8259;
$custom-light: #d4a688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65712,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8259

secondary

#A4BDCE

accent

#9FD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8259

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

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