#BD8842#BD8842

#BD8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8842
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 13.06, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 46.55, 73.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0342 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.108 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7757, 28.8229, 9.0957)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8842 #4277BD

analogous

#BD4A42 #BD8842 #B5BD42

triadic

#BD8842 #42BD88 #8842BD

tetradic

#BD8842 #42BD4A #4277BD #BD42B5

square

#BD8842 #42BD4A #4277BD #BD42B5

split-complementary

#BD8842 #42B5BD #4A42BD

monochromatic

#624722 #906732 #BD8842 #CDA56F #DDC19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BD8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BD8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8842

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8842	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa79',
    500: '#bd8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8842;
$custom-light: #d5aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.146,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66537,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8842

secondary

#92AAC9

accent

#8BD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8842

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

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