#BD8841#BD8841

#BD8841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8841
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 13.00, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 46.99, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0339 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.109 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7465, 28.8112, 8.9418)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8841 #4176BD

analogous

#BD4A41 #BD8841 #B4BD41

triadic

#BD8841 #41BD88 #8841BD

tetradic

#BD8841 #41BD4A #4176BD #BD41B4

square

#BD8841 #41BD4A #4176BD #BD41B4

split-complementary

#BD8841 #41B4BD #4A41BD

monochromatic

#624622 #8F6731 #BD8841 #CDA56E #DDC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BD8841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BD8841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8841

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8841	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa78',
    500: '#bd8841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8841;
$custom-light: #d5aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.355,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66526,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8841

secondary

#91A9C9

accent

#8AD84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8841

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

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