#BD8940#BD8940

#BD8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.110 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8940
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 12.38, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 47.55, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0319 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.11 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8593, 29.0827, 8.8377)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8940 #4074BD

analogous

#BD4B40 #BD8940 #B3BD40

triadic

#BD8940 #40BD89 #8940BD

tetradic

#BD8940 #40BD4B #4074BD #BD40B3

square

#BD8940 #40BD4B #4074BD #BD40B3

split-complementary

#BD8940 #40B3BD #4B40BD

monochromatic

#624721 #8F6831 #BD8940 #CDA56D #DDC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8940

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8940	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)

#9C8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.110 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab78',
    500: '#bd8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8940;
$custom-light: #d5ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8940

secondary

#90A8C9

accent

#88D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8940

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

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