#BD8440#BD8440

#BD8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.110 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8440
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 15.14, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 47.04, 71.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0401 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.11 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1649, 27.6940, 8.6063)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8440 #4079BD

analogous

#BD4640 #BD8440 #B8BD40

triadic

#BD8440 #40BD84 #8440BD

tetradic

#BD8440 #40BD46 #4079BD #BD40B8

square

#BD8440 #40BD46 #4079BD #BD40B8

split-complementary

#BD8440 #40B8BD #4640BD

monochromatic

#624421 #8F6431 #BD8440 #CDA16D #DDBF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BD8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8440

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8440	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.110 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a777',
    500: '#bd8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8440;
$custom-light: #d5a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.64,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6574,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8440

secondary

#90AAC9

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8440

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

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