#BD8855#BD8855

#BD8855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.094 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8855
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 14.48, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 38.04, 67.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0411 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.094 64)
XYZ	xyz(31.4318, 29.0853, 12.5511)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8855 #558ABD

analogous

#BD5556 #BD8855 #BDBC55

triadic

#BD8855 #55BD88 #8855BD

tetradic

#BD8855 #56BD55 #558ABD #BC55BD

square

#BD8855 #56BD55 #558ABD #BC55BD

split-complementary

#BD8855 #55BDBC #5556BD

monochromatic

#6D4B2A #99693C #BD8855 #CEA781 #DFC6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8855

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8855	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.094 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa86',
    500: '#bd8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8855;
$custom-light: #d4aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66793,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.29083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8855

secondary

#A1B7CD

accent

#95D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8855

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

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