#BD856E#BD856E

#BD856E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.077 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD856E
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 18.63, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 28.06, 48.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0561 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.077 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1896, 28.7219, 18.5973)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD856E #6EA6BD

analogous

#BD6E7E #BD856E #BDAC6E

triadic

#BD856E #6EBD85 #856EBD

tetradic

#BD856E #7EBD6E #6EA6BD #AC6EBD

square

#BD856E #7EBD6E #6EA6BD #AC6EBD

split-complementary

#BD856E #6EBDAC #6E7EBD

monochromatic

#794A37 #A3644A #BD856E #D0A898 #E3CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BD856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD856E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD856E	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0976E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.077 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a897',
    500: '#bd856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd856e;
$custom-light: #d3a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.468,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66679,
    "c": 0.07699,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD856E

secondary

#B4CAD3

accent

#ACCD5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD856E

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

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