#BD8555#BD8555

#BD8555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.094 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8555
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 16.14, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 37.87, 64.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.046 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.094 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0152, 28.2521, 12.4122)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8555 #558DBD

analogous

#BD5559 #BD8555 #BDB955

triadic

#BD8555 #55BD85 #8555BD

tetradic

#BD8555 #59BD55 #558DBD #B955BD

square

#BD8555 #59BD55 #558DBD #B955BD

split-complementary

#BD8555 #55BDB9 #5559BD

monochromatic

#6D492A #99673C #BD8555 #CEA581 #DFC4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BD8555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BD8555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8555

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8555	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.094 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a886',
    500: '#bd8555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8555;
$custom-light: #d4a886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66216,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8555

secondary

#A1B9CD

accent

#99D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8555

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

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