#BD8941#BD8941

#BD8941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.109 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8941
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 12.45, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 47.11, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0323 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.109 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8880, 29.0942, 8.9889)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8941 #4175BD

analogous

#BD4B41 #BD8941 #B3BD41

triadic

#BD8941 #41BD89 #8941BD

tetradic

#BD8941 #41BD4B #4175BD #BD41B3

square

#BD8941 #41BD4B #4175BD #BD41B3

split-complementary

#BD8941 #41B3BD #4B41BD

monochromatic

#624722 #8F6831 #BD8941 #CDA56E #DDC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8941

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8941	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)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.109 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab78',
    500: '#bd8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8941;
$custom-light: #d5ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66721,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8941

secondary

#91A8C9

accent

#89D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8941

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

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