#BD855C#BD855C

#BD855C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.089 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD855C
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 16.77, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 34.89, 61.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0488 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.089 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3072, 28.3689, 13.9500)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD855C #5C94BD

analogous

#BD5C63 #BD855C #BDB65C

triadic

#BD855C #5CBD85 #855CBD

tetradic

#BD855C #63BD5C #5C94BD #B65CBD

square

#BD855C #63BD5C #5C94BD #B65CBD

split-complementary

#BD855C #5CBDB6 #5C63BD

monochromatic

#714A2E #9C673F #BD855C #CFA688 #E0C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BD855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BD855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD855C

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD855C	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)

#958A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.089 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a88b',
    500: '#bd855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd855c;
$custom-light: #d4a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.361,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66332,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD855C

secondary

#A6BECF

accent

#9ED256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD855C

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

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