#BD8566#BD8566

#BD8566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.082 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8566
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 102)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 17.76, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 30.89, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0528 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.082 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7735, 28.5554, 16.4061)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8566 #669EBD

analogous

#BD6673 #BD8566 #BDB066

triadic

#BD8566 #66BD85 #8566BD

tetradic

#BD8566 #73BD66 #669EBD #B066BD

square

#BD8566 #73BD66 #669EBD #B066BD

split-complementary

#BD8566 #66BDB0 #6673BD

monochromatic

#764B33 #A16645 #BD8566 #CFA791 #E2C9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8566

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8566	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)

#948A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.082 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a892',
    500: '#bd8566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8566;
$custom-light: #d3a892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.379,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8566

secondary

#AEC4D1

accent

#A5D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8566

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

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