#BD8549#BD8549

#BD8549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.103 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8549
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 15.20, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 43.16, 69.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0415 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.103 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5783, 28.0773, 10.1110)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8549 #4981BD

analogous

#BD4B49 #BD8549 #BBBD49

triadic

#BD8549 #49BD85 #8549BD

tetradic

#BD8549 #49BD4B #4981BD #BD49BB

square

#BD8549 #49BD4B #4981BD #BD49BB

split-complementary

#BD8549 #49BBBD #4B49BD

monochromatic

#664725 #936635 #BD8549 #CDA376 #DEC1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BD8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8549

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8549	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.103 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a87d',
    500: '#bd8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8549;
$custom-light: #d4a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66043,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8549

secondary

#97B0CA

accent

#92D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8549

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

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