#BD8772#BD8772

#BD8772 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.073 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8772
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 17.98, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 26.53, 47.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0544 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.073 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6887, 29.3638, 19.8624)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8772 #72A8BD

analogous

#BD7283 #BD8772 #BDAD72

triadic

#BD8772 #72BD87 #8772BD

tetradic

#BD8772 #83BD72 #72A8BD #AD72BD

square

#BD8772 #83BD72 #72A8BD #AD72BD

split-complementary

#BD8772 #72BDAD #7283BD

monochromatic

#7B4C3A #A5664D #BD8772 #D1AA9C #E4CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BD8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8772

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8772	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.073 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa9a',
    500: '#bd8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8772;
$custom-light: #d3aa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67143,
    "c": 0.07342,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8772

secondary

#B7CCD4

accent

#ADCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8772

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

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