#BD8449#BD8449

#BD8449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8449
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 15.75, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 43.09, 68.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0432 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.103 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4420, 27.8048, 10.0656)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8449 #4982BD

analogous

#BD4A49 #BD8449 #BCBD49

triadic

#BD8449 #49BD84 #8449BD

tetradic

#BD8449 #49BD4A #4982BD #BD49BC

square

#BD8449 #49BD4A #4982BD #BD49BC

split-complementary

#BD8449 #49BCBD #4A49BD

monochromatic

#664625 #936535 #BD8449 #CDA276 #DEC1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD8449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8449

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8449	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a77d',
    500: '#bd8449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8449;
$custom-light: #d5a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8449

secondary

#97B0CA

accent

#93D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8449

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

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