#BD853C#BD853C

#BD853C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD853C
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 14.35, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 48.85, 72.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0372 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.112 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1914, 27.9226, 8.0736)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD853C #3C74BD

analogous

#BD443C #BD853C #B5BD3C

triadic

#BD853C #3CBD85 #853CBD

tetradic

#BD853C #3CBD44 #3C74BD #BD3CB5

square

#BD853C #3CBD44 #3C74BD #BD3CB5

split-complementary

#BD853C #3CB5BD #443CBD

monochromatic

#60441F #8F642D #BD853C #CFA267 #DEBE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD853C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD853C	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)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a875',
    500: '#bd853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd853c;
$custom-light: #d5a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.953,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD853C

secondary

#8CA6C9

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD853C

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

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