#BD8942#BD8942

#BD8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8942
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 12.51, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 46.67, 74.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0326 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.108 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9172, 29.1059, 9.1428)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8942 #4276BD

analogous

#BD4C42 #BD8942 #B3BD42

triadic

#BD8942 #42BD89 #8942BD

tetradic

#BD8942 #42BD4C #4276BD #BD42B3

square

#BD8942 #42BD4C #4276BD #BD42B3

split-complementary

#BD8942 #42B3BD #4C42BD

monochromatic

#624722 #906832 #BD8942 #CDA56F #DDC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8942

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8942	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)

#9B8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab79',
    500: '#bd8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8942;
$custom-light: #d5ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66733,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8942

secondary

#92A9C9

accent

#89D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8942

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

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