#BD8741#BD8741

#BD8741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.109 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8741
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 13.55, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 46.88, 73.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0355 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.109 71)
XYZ	xyz(30.6063, 28.5308, 8.8950)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8741 #4177BD

analogous

#BD4941 #BD8741 #B5BD41

triadic

#BD8741 #41BD87 #8741BD

tetradic

#BD8741 #41BD49 #4177BD #BD41B5

square

#BD8741 #41BD49 #4177BD #BD41B5

split-complementary

#BD8741 #41B5BD #4941BD

monochromatic

#624622 #8F6631 #BD8741 #CDA46E #DDC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8741

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8741	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)

#9A8A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.109 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a978',
    500: '#bd8741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8741;
$custom-light: #d5a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66331,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8741

secondary

#91A9C9

accent

#8BD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8741

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

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