#BD8565#BD8565

#BD8565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.083 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8565
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 101)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 17.65, 25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 31.27, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0524 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.083 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7243, 28.5357, 16.1464)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8565 #659DBD

analogous

#BD6571 #BD8565 #BDB165

triadic

#BD8565 #65BD85 #8565BD

tetradic

#BD8565 #71BD65 #659DBD #B165BD

square

#BD8565 #71BD65 #659DBD #B165BD

split-complementary

#BD8565 #65BDB1 #6571BD

monochromatic

#754B32 #A06645 #BD8565 #CFA790 #E2C9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8565

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8565	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.083 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a891',
    500: '#bd8565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8565;
$custom-light: #d3a891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66496,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8565

secondary

#ADC4D1

accent

#A4D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8565

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

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