#BD8442#BD8442

#BD8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.108 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8442
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 15.27, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 46.17, 70.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0408 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.108 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2229, 27.7172, 8.9114)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8442 #427BBD

analogous

#BD4742 #BD8442 #B8BD42

triadic

#BD8442 #42BD84 #8442BD

tetradic

#BD8442 #42BD47 #427BBD #BD42B8

square

#BD8442 #42BD47 #427BBD #BD42B8

split-complementary

#BD8442 #42B8BD #4742BD

monochromatic

#624522 #906432 #BD8442 #CDA26F #DDBF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BD8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8442

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8442	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)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.108 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a779',
    500: '#bd8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8442;
$custom-light: #d5a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8442

secondary

#92ABC9

accent

#8FD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8442

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

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