#BD8451#BD8451

#BD8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8451
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 16.36, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 39.57, 65.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0461 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.097 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7245, 27.9178, 11.5535)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8451 #518ABD

analogous

#BD5154 #BD8451 #BDBA51

triadic

#BD8451 #51BD84 #8451BD

tetradic

#BD8451 #54BD51 #518ABD #BA51BD

square

#BD8451 #54BD51 #518ABD #BA51BD

split-complementary

#BD8451 #51BDBA #5154BD

monochromatic

#6B4829 #976639 #BD8451 #CEA37D #DFC3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8451

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8451	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)

#96884D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a783',
    500: '#bd8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8451;
$custom-light: #d4a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65964,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8451

secondary

#9EB6CC

accent

#98D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8451

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

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