#BD8557#BD8557

#BD8557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8557
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 16.32, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 37.01, 63.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0468 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.093 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0958, 28.2843, 12.8366)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8557 #578FBD

analogous

#BD575C #BD8557 #BDB857

triadic

#BD8557 #57BD85 #8557BD

tetradic

#BD8557 #5CBD57 #578FBD #B857BD

square

#BD8557 #5CBD57 #578FBD #B857BD

split-complementary

#BD8557 #57BDB8 #575CBD

monochromatic

#6E4A2B #9A673D #BD8557 #CEA583 #E0C5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BD8557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BD8557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8557

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8557	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a887',
    500: '#bd8557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8557;
$custom-light: #d4a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66248,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8557

secondary

#A2BACE

accent

#9AD354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8557

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

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