#BD8359#BD8359

#BD8359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8359
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 17.60, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 36.13, 60.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0509 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.092 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9074, 27.7751, 13.1825)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8359 #5993BD

analogous

#BD5961 #BD8359 #BDB559

triadic

#BD8359 #59BD83 #8359BD

tetradic

#BD8359 #61BD59 #5993BD #B559BD

square

#BD8359 #61BD59 #5993BD #B559BD

split-complementary

#BD8359 #59BDB5 #5961BD

monochromatic

#6F482C #9B653E #BD8359 #CEA485 #E0C4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BD8359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8359

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8359	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a788',
    500: '#bd8359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8359;
$custom-light: #d4a788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65901,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8359

secondary

#A4BCCE

accent

#9ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8359

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

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