#BD8459#BD8459

#BD8459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.091 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8459
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 17.05, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 36.13, 61.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0493 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.091 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0424, 28.0450, 13.2275)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8459 #5992BD

analogous

#BD5960 #BD8459 #BDB659

triadic

#BD8459 #59BD84 #8459BD

tetradic

#BD8459 #60BD59 #5992BD #B659BD

square

#BD8459 #60BD59 #5992BD #B659BD

split-complementary

#BD8459 #59BDB6 #5960BD

monochromatic

#6F492C #9B663E #BD8459 #CEA485 #E0C5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BD8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BD8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8459

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8459	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.091 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a888',
    500: '#bd8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8459;
$custom-light: #d4a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6609,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8459

secondary

#A4BCCE

accent

#9DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8459

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

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