#BD8553#BD8553

#BD8553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.096 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8553
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(28, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 15.98, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 38.74, 65.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0453 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.096 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9369, 28.2208, 11.9997)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8553 #538BBD

analogous

#BD5356 #BD8553 #BDBA53

triadic

#BD8553 #53BD85 #8553BD

tetradic

#BD8553 #56BD53 #538BBD #BA53BD

square

#BD8553 #56BD53 #538BBD #BA53BD

split-complementary

#BD8553 #53BDBA #5356BD

monochromatic

#6C4929 #98673A #BD8553 #CEA47F #DFC4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BD8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BD8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8553

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8553	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.096 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a884',
    500: '#bd8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8553;
$custom-light: #d4a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.302,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66185,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8553

secondary

#9FB7CD

accent

#98D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8553

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

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