#BD853D#BD853D

#BD853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD853D
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 14.41, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 48.42, 72.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0375 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.112 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2181, 27.9333, 8.2141)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD853D #3D75BD

analogous

#BD453D #BD853D #B5BD3D

triadic

#BD853D #3DBD85 #853DBD

tetradic

#BD853D #3DBD45 #3D75BD #BD3DB5

square

#BD853D #3DBD45 #3D75BD #BD3DB5

split-complementary

#BD853D #3DB5BD #453DBD

monochromatic

#60441F #8F642E #BD853D #CEA269 #DDBF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BD853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD853D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD853D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a876',
    500: '#bd853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd853d;
$custom-light: #d5a876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.659,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD853D

secondary

#8DA7C9

accent

#8BDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD853D

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

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