#BD8541#BD8541

#BD8541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.109 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8541
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 14.65, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 46.69, 71.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0388 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.109 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3299, 27.9780, 8.8029)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8541 #4179BD

analogous

#BD4741 #BD8541 #B7BD41

triadic

#BD8541 #41BD85 #8541BD

tetradic

#BD8541 #41BD47 #4179BD #BD41B7

square

#BD8541 #41BD47 #4179BD #BD41B7

split-complementary

#BD8541 #41B7BD #4741BD

monochromatic

#624522 #8F6531 #BD8541 #CDA26E #DDBF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BD8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BD8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8541

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8541	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98883A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.109 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a878',
    500: '#bd8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8541;
$custom-light: #d5a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65944,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8541

secondary

#91AAC9

accent

#8DD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8541

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

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