#BD855B#BD855B

#BD855B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.090 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD855B
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 16.68, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 35.30, 61.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0484 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.09 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2638, 28.3515, 13.7213)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD855B #5B93BD

analogous

#BD5B62 #BD855B #BDB65B

triadic

#BD855B #5BBD85 #855BBD

tetradic

#BD855B #62BD5B #5B93BD #B65BBD

square

#BD855B #62BD5B #5B93BD #B65BBD

split-complementary

#BD855B #5BBDB6 #5B62BD

monochromatic

#704A2D #9C673F #BD855B #CFA587 #E0C6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BD855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BD855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD855B

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD855B	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.090 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a88a',
    500: '#bd855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd855b;
$custom-light: #d4a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66315,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD855B

secondary

#A5BDCF

accent

#9DD255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD855B

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

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