#BD8450#BD8450

#BD8450 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8450
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 16.28, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 40.01, 65.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0458 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.098 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6873, 27.9029, 11.3574)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8450 #5089BD

analogous

#BD5052 #BD8450 #BDBA50

triadic

#BD8450 #50BD84 #8450BD

tetradic

#BD8450 #52BD50 #5089BD #BA50BD

square

#BD8450 #52BD50 #5089BD #BA50BD

split-complementary

#BD8450 #50BDBA #5052BD

monochromatic

#6A4828 #976639 #BD8450 #CEA37C #DFC2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD8450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8450

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8450	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a782',
    500: '#bd8450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8450;
$custom-light: #d4a782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.624,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65949,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8450

secondary

#9DB5CC

accent

#97D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8450

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

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