#BD8540#BD8540

#BD8540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8540
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 14.59, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 47.12, 71.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0385 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.11 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3012, 27.9665, 8.6517)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8540 #4078BD

analogous

#BD4740 #BD8540 #B7BD40

triadic

#BD8540 #40BD85 #8540BD

tetradic

#BD8540 #40BD47 #4078BD #BD40B7

square

#BD8540 #40BD47 #4078BD #BD40B7

split-complementary

#BD8540 #40B7BD #4740BD

monochromatic

#624521 #8F6531 #BD8540 #CDA26D #DDBF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BD8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8540

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8540	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)

#988839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a877',
    500: '#bd8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8540;
$custom-light: #d5a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65933,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8540

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8540

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

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