#BD8943#BD8943

#BD8943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8943
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 12.57, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 46.23, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0329 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.108 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9470, 29.1178, 9.2995)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8943 #4377BD

analogous

#BD4C43 #BD8943 #B4BD43

triadic

#BD8943 #43BD89 #8943BD

tetradic

#BD8943 #43BD4C #4377BD #BD43B4

square

#BD8943 #43BD4C #4377BD #BD43B4

split-complementary

#BD8943 #43B4BD #4C43BD

monochromatic

#634823 #906833 #BD8943 #CDA570 #DDC29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8943

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8943	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)

#9B8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab7a',
    500: '#bd8943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8943;
$custom-light: #d5ab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66744,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8943

secondary

#93AAC9

accent

#8AD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8943

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

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