#BD8642#BD8642

#BD8642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8642
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 14.17, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 46.34, 72.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.0375 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.108 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4967, 28.2648, 9.0027)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8642 #4279BD

analogous

#BD4942 #BD8642 #B6BD42

triadic

#BD8642 #42BD86 #8642BD

tetradic

#BD8642 #42BD49 #4279BD #BD42B6

square

#BD8642 #42BD49 #4279BD #BD42B6

split-complementary

#BD8642 #42B6BD #4942BD

monochromatic

#624622 #906632 #BD8642 #CDA36F #DDC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BD8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BD8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8642

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8642	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a979',
    500: '#bd8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8642;
$custom-light: #d5a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66149,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8642

secondary

#92AAC9

accent

#8DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8642

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

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