#BD8843#BD8843

#BD8843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8843
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 13.13, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 46.11, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0346 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.108 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8055, 28.8348, 9.2523)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8843 #4378BD

analogous

#BD4B43 #BD8843 #B5BD43

triadic

#BD8843 #43BD88 #8843BD

tetradic

#BD8843 #43BD4B #4378BD #BD43B5

square

#BD8843 #43BD4B #4378BD #BD43B5

split-complementary

#BD8843 #43B5BD #4B43BD

monochromatic

#634723 #906833 #BD8843 #CDA570 #DDC19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BD8843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BD8843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8843

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8843	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa7a',
    500: '#bd8843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8843;
$custom-light: #d5aa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66549,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8843

secondary

#93AAC9

accent

#8BD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8843

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

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