#BD8656#BD8656

#BD8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.093 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8656
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 15.68, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 37.48, 65.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0448 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.093 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1928, 28.5432, 12.6688)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8656 #568DBD

analogous

#BD565A #BD8656 #BDBA56

triadic

#BD8656 #56BD86 #8656BD

tetradic

#BD8656 #5ABD56 #568DBD #BA56BD

square

#BD8656 #5ABD56 #568DBD #BA56BD

split-complementary

#BD8656 #56BDBA #565ABD

monochromatic

#6E4A2B #9A683C #BD8656 #CEA682 #DFC5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8656

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8656	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)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.093 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a986',
    500: '#bd8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8656;
$custom-light: #d4a986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.961,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66424,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8656

secondary

#A1B9CD

accent

#98D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8656

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

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