#BD8340#BD8340

#BD8340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8340
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 15.70, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 46.96, 70.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0417 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.11 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0300, 27.4241, 8.5613)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8340 #407ABD

analogous

#BD4540 #BD8340 #B9BD40

triadic

#BD8340 #40BD83 #8340BD

tetradic

#BD8340 #40BD45 #407ABD #BD40B9

square

#BD8340 #40BD45 #407ABD #BD40B9

split-complementary

#BD8340 #40B9BD #4540BD

monochromatic

#624421 #8F6331 #BD8340 #CDA16D #DDBE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BD8340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8340

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8340	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)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a777',
    500: '#bd8340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8340;
$custom-light: #d5a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65548,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8340

secondary

#90AAC9

accent

#8FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8340

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

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