#BD8742#BD8742

#BD8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.108 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8742
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 13.61, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 46.44, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0359 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.108 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6356, 28.5425, 9.0489)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8742 #4278BD

analogous

#BD4A42 #BD8742 #B5BD42

triadic

#BD8742 #42BD87 #8742BD

tetradic

#BD8742 #42BD4A #4278BD #BD42B5

square

#BD8742 #42BD4A #4278BD #BD42B5

split-complementary

#BD8742 #42B5BD #4A42BD

monochromatic

#624622 #906732 #BD8742 #CDA46F #DDC19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8742

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8742	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)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.108 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a979',
    500: '#bd8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8742;
$custom-light: #d5a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66343,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8742

secondary

#92AAC9

accent

#8CD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8742

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

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