#BD8848#BD8848

#BD8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.104 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8848
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 13.47, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 43.88, 72.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0363 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.104 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9620, 28.8974, 10.0767)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8848 #487DBD

analogous

#BD4D48 #BD8848 #B7BD48

triadic

#BD8848 #48BD88 #8848BD

tetradic

#BD8848 #48BD4D #487DBD #BD48B7

square

#BD8848 #48BD4D #487DBD #BD48B7

split-complementary

#BD8848 #48B7BD #4D48BD

monochromatic

#664825 #936835 #BD8848 #CDA575 #DDC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BD8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BD8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8848

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8848	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.104 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa7d',
    500: '#bd8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8848;
$custom-light: #d4aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6661,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8848

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8848

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

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