#BD8542#BD8542

#BD8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.108 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8542
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 14.72, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 46.25, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0391 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.108 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3591, 27.9897, 8.9568)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8542 #427ABD

analogous

#BD4842 #BD8542 #B7BD42

triadic

#BD8542 #42BD85 #8542BD

tetradic

#BD8542 #42BD48 #427ABD #BD42B7

square

#BD8542 #42BD48 #427ABD #BD42B7

split-complementary

#BD8542 #42B7BD #4842BD

monochromatic

#624522 #906532 #BD8542 #CDA26F #DDC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BD8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BD8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8542

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8542	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)

#98883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.108 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a879',
    500: '#bd8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8542;
$custom-light: #d5a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.683,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8542

secondary

#92ABC9

accent

#8ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8542

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

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