#BD8550#BD8550

#BD8550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.098 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8550
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 15.73, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 40.06, 66.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0441 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.098 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8236, 28.1754, 11.4028)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8550 #5088BD

analogous

#BD5052 #BD8550 #BDBB50

triadic

#BD8550 #50BD85 #8550BD

tetradic

#BD8550 #52BD50 #5088BD #BB50BD

square

#BD8550 #52BD50 #5088BD #BB50BD

split-complementary

#BD8550 #50BDBB #5052BD

monochromatic

#6A4828 #976739 #BD8550 #CEA47C #DFC3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8550

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8550	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97894B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.098 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a882',
    500: '#bd8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8550;
$custom-light: #d4a882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.174,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6614,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8550

secondary

#9DB5CC

accent

#96D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8550

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

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