#BD8659#BD8659

#BD8659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.091 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8659
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 15.94, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 36.18, 63.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0459 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.091 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3162, 28.5926, 13.3188)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8659 #5990BD

analogous

#BD595E #BD8659 #BDB859

triadic

#BD8659 #59BD86 #8659BD

tetradic

#BD8659 #5EBD59 #5990BD #B859BD

square

#BD8659 #5EBD59 #5990BD #B859BD

split-complementary

#BD8659 #59BDB8 #595EBD

monochromatic

#6F4A2C #9B683E #BD8659 #CEA685 #E0C6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BD8659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8659

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8659	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.091 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a988',
    500: '#bd8659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8659;
$custom-light: #d4a988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66472,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8659

secondary

#A4BBCE

accent

#9AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8659

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

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