#BD853B#BD853B

#BD853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD853B
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 14.29, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 49.28, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0369 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.113 71)
XYZ	xyz(30.1652, 27.9121, 7.9357)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD853B #3B73BD

analogous

#BD443B #BD853B #B4BD3B

triadic

#BD853B #3BBD85 #853BBD

tetradic

#BD853B #3BBD44 #3B73BD #BD3BB4

square

#BD853B #3BBD44 #3B73BD #BD3BB4

split-complementary

#BD853B #3BB4BD #443BBD

monochromatic

#60431E #8E642C #BD853B #CFA266 #DEBE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD853B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD853B	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)

#988833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a874',
    500: '#bd853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd853b;
$custom-light: #d5a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65879,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD853B

secondary

#8BA6C9

accent

#8ADC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD853B

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

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